Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/10/13
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I can buy a new Leica M6 for $1700-1800 or a new Konica ( with lens?) for $2200. For an additional $500, with the Konica, I get some very nice modern features. Is the lensmount a proprietary mount with 2 adaptors available : M and LTM ? I guess it makes no measurable difference, Does it offer the hope for Contax G adaptors as well? ( the mind goes wild, as I contemplate the Konica sporting a Hasselblad lens! Maybe I should have kept my old Olympia Sonnar in Contax RF mount! Japanese marketing can be "interesting".... I am starting to think that this may be a good deal for Leica..... especially if they can get the rights to market the camera outside of Japan under their own name with a fixed M and a fixed LTM mount. Even if not, it will stimulate the purchase of Leica glass, albeit the short term effect will be to lessen sales as users try out the latest from Konica. The name of the game for Leica is selling the worlds' best glass. The deal for us users is to use that glass to produce images. Frank