Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/01/08
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]> I have no doubt that Solms will produce a CL2 based on both the CL and CLE. I > never had illusions that the CL/CLE design would replace the M Leicas. And I > never felt that the M Leica should go electronic to the degree that the CLE > did. The CL is more innovative that the CLE in physical design. But it took > getting used to. They would be wise to do so. Not to replace the M but to supplement it. Contax, with their incredibly successful G cameras, have proven there is a considerable market for an upper-end electronic interchangeable-lens rangefinder, and it seems a natural market for Leica to tap. But then, when it takes them 1-1/3 years to make an R8 winder work, and it may take them 2+ years to make a motor drive work, I tend to suspect that electronics is not Leica's strength. Larry