Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/07/26

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Subject: Re: [Leica] high performance photography
From: Larry Kopitnik <kopitnil@mra-inc.com>
Date: Sun, 26 Jul 1998 13:56:05 -0500
 
At 04:48 PM 25-07-98 -0500, Eric wrote:
>
>>BTW: Zeiss will introduce at Photokina 36 (!!) new lenses for all kinds of
>>formats and uses.
>
>Hassleblad, Rollei, Contax, Contax G2. Nine lenses each? What am I missing?

There's rumors that Contax is developing a medium format camera, probably
autofocus. The rumors -- and I stress these are strictly rumors -- say 5
lenses would be introduced with the camera. The rumors also say the camera
may not be ready by Photokina.

Larry