Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/10/13
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Ignore my comments below about focusing. I see now the camera IS manual focus. I only hope they have enough buyers out there to justify production continuation. Competition can only make the market-place better & make Leica sit up every once & awhile & look at their own products if someone is out there cutting into their market share. - -----Original Message----- From: Chappell, Greg Sent: Wednesday, October 13, 1999 11:23 AM To: 'leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us' Subject: RE: [Leica] The new Konica hexar RF; take a look The real question will be how many of these guys will Konica have to sell in order to make a long-term commitment to the system, and are there enough people out there who want it & are willing AND able to make the (not so cheap) investment. Seems that anyone interested enough in investing that kind of money in a rangefinder system want the possibility of TRUE manual focusing options, something I keep hearing in various reviews of the Contax G2. Focus assist in the current AF rangefinders are no better than using a Rollei 35 or Minox with manual scale focusing. If pro's didn't have that option with AF SLRS, that concept would have died a long time ago. - -----Original Message----- From: Kotsinadelis, Peter (Peter) [mailto:peterk@lucent.com] Sent: Wednesday, October 13, 1999 10:43 AM To: 'leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us' Subject: RE: [Leica] The new Konica hexar RF; take a look DB, I think its both a Leica M6 and G2 killer. ;-) Only problem is the Leica lenses are still MF, so I hope the konica lenses will be up to par. Peter K - -----Original Message----- From: B. D. Colen [mailto:bdcolen@earthlink.net] Sent: Wednesday, October 13, 1999 4:09 AM To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us Subject: RE: [Leica] The new Konica hexar RF; take a look > > > Can you tell us the URL? I read the CDI report and it looks > like a Leica M > killer or at least will force the idea of an M7. > > It may force the idea of an M7 - why do I think Leica will just badge it? - but if it's a killer, I'll bet it's a G2 killer for anyone who buys the G2 as more than a fancy P&S.. - ---