Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/10/02
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At 08:56 AM 10/2/99 -0400, Ruralmopics@aol.com wrote: >In the end, I think what this tells me is there is an interest in and a >market for alternative rangefinder products. I've said before and I'll say >again. The time is ripe for Minolta or some other innovative Japanese company >to produce a competent, manual focus, interchangeable lens rangefinder with >modern electronics. Bob, The head of NPS once told me that Nikon looked into making a rangefinder camera to compete with the Leica, and the found out it would end up costing more than the M6 and its lenses. (Limited market I guess). All this folderol about these alternative lenses, I'd like to see what real optical bench results are before I start saying Leica's lost it in the lens design department. The new ASPH lenses have no peer, and I really doubt anybody else is going to best them, especially with the cheap stuff. Eric Welch St. Joseph, MO http://www.ponyexpress.net/~ewelch HEADLINE: Red Tape Holds Up New Bridge