[Leica] Re: Thoughts for Solms on a new M7

[Larry Kopitnik <kopitnil@mra-inc.com>]

> What makes all these dreamers think that the"M7" would not be at least as
> large as a M5 or R3?

It doesn't need to be the size of an M5, not in 1998. Just look at all the
features Contax has lavished the G2, an M6-sized body, with.

For what it's worth, I do think an electronic M6 to complement -- but
absolutely not to replace -- the current M6 is a natual market for Leica.
As Kyocera has shown, an electronic rangefinder camera can be assembled and
sold for less than an all-mechanical one, creating a natural entry for many
into rangefinder photography and the magnificent M system. It's a way to
expand market, to gain users, that Leica is currently conceding to Contax.

Larry