Re: Re New M7

[JamieV <tyrolean@royal.net>]

At 08:24 AM 6/22/97 -0400, you wrote:
>In einer eMail vom 21.06.97  17:11:50, schreiben Sie:
>
><< Yes, I had a G1, liked the lens, but was disappointed  with the manual
> focusing also, especially for closeups. >>
>
>AFAIK there were some serious thinking about the Konica Hexar to be adapted
>as a kind of "low end Leica M". Leica calculated it out and found that the
>price of such a camera would have been less than 500$ smaller than a M6 (due
>to the limited number of production). This would not have been a commercial
>success.
>
>I personally expect a new Leica M7 with a TTL flash control and maybe a
>slightly faster shutter, using not rubber but titanium for the curtains*. If
>I were Leica I would not give a damn on any voice which says. "I want it
>substantially cheaper, with autofocus and so on..." People who tell so, can
>buy a Contax G2 and pay half the Leica price. I think that in general the
>market for range finder system cameras is very limited, as most photographers
>are very happy with their cheap p&s. To tell it the other way around: A Rolls
>Royce costs 250.000 $ and runs 15 MPG. Would you buy it if it would cost half
>the price and have double the mileage?
>
>*This expectation is pure imagination, as I have not got any confidential
>infos from the factory for the last two years. What I find not totally
>satisfying with the existing M-System is the facht, that there are three
>lenses now which are not fully supported by the finder (21 mm, 24 mm and - to
>a certain extent - 135 mm) Maybe they could think about kind of a bifocal
>finder which manages to toggle between 21 mm base view (covers up to 35 mm)
>and 50 mm base view (covers the rest). Just an idea...
>
>Frank 
>

Frank,

VERY WELL SAID!!!!!!!!