Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/06/09
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Iisaka-san, Yasuhara-san is going to use the copal squarish shutter. (sync speed 1/125, top speed 1/2000) He is putting a fully-coated "x 1.0" bright frame viewfinder in it. The camera is going to have TTL SPD metering. The spec sounds attractive enough to me. Where the parts come from doesn't matter. He commented that the replacement parts should be easily acquirable so that the camera would be serviceable after its long term of use. So this justifies the use of off-the-shelf parts. He took the way that many small companies would take. There's nothing wrong with it. I am sure you have read those pages in Japanese. His philosophy and the heart of craftsmanship, I consider, is worth admiring: (Kinda stubborn, but it's OK. ;-) ) At least he had the guts to play this risky game. But he is after his dream camera, the most practical and usable camera lovers' camera, at least he thinks it is. I posted it here because I find some things in common with the heart of Leica, I mean, of Oskar Barnack. Tom K. PS) Man, I always wish my English was as good as yours...