Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/05/27

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Subject: Re: [Leica] New Leica M6 Electronic?
From: Chris Bitmead <chrisb@ans.com.au>
Date: Wed, 27 May 1998 14:55:56 +0000

Eric Welch wrote:
> 
> At 06:53 AM 5/27/98 +0000, you wrote:
> 
> >Do tell us how you found this interesting and definitive information. How
> about that
> >new 50/1.4 M? The new Noct? 70/2.4? M6W? R9? R8.2? CL2? Date I'll be married?
> 
> Leica has publicly stated they are not going to do an electronic M6. The
> next rangefinder that will be significantly different is due at the end of
> the decade and it won't be an M6. That was from their CEO in an article
> from Business Week, Oct. '96.

I think it would be fair to say that the person enquiring about
an "electronic M6" was interested in whatever M-mount camera
Leica is is planning to release, whether it is imprinted with the
letters "M6" or not. And this is pretty close to the end of the
decade, no?