Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/10/14

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Subject: Re: [Leica] The new Konica hexar RF; take a look
From: Bernard <5521.g23@g23.relcom.ru>
Date: Thu, 14 Oct 1999 11:30:47 +0300

Ken Iisaka wrote:

> According to my sources in Japan, the low 0.6x magnification was
> selected to allow eyeglass wearers, who are the majority of
> photographers in Japan,

Interesting trivia! Japanese photographers wear eyeglasses.

> to see the 28mm frameline.

I'm a wide-angle fan, so the lower the magnification, the better.

> Looking at the implementation of Hexar RF, I cannot help but to think
> that Leica was in some ways involved with this.
>
>      The viewfinder configuration is very similar to M6,
>      The rangefinder base is identical,
>      The design of 28mm looks very similar to Elmarit-M
>      The rear half of 50mm looks very similar to Summicron-M

Wouldn't that rather point at a good old Japanese tradition: playing
copycat?

Bernard, from Russia <cough, cough>