[Leica] voigtlander

["Rod Fleming" <rodfleming@sol.co.uk>]

Hi

KPeters wrote

>>What is the update on "Voigtlander" coming out with a screwmount camera
with a
>built in range finder??  Presumably the older Leica screwmount lenses will
not
>couple with the anticipated rangefinder?!?    Anyone seen any preliminary
>design concepts for this camera?  Similar to the old IIIf series?  Also,
does
>someone have a link where one can see the Konica Hexar up close??  Thanks


Latest report I saw, in last week's UK Amateur Photographer, stated the
launch date as being late Jan 2000. Who knows, but then again, they've been
on time with the lenses and the Bessa-L body.........

The Konica Hexar launch has had a mixed reception on this list, I think in
part because people are being asked to pay approaching Leica money for it. I
too will be very interested in the Voigtlander offering, especially if
predictions that it will cost around £400-£500 GBP, or about half the price
of the Konica, turn out to be accurate.

These debates are always mere speculation, but I would have doubted if the
Voigtlander will be similar to a Leica III, if only because the diameter of
some of the Voigtlander lens barrels obscures the viewfinder on these
cameras! Something much more M3/Canon7/Nikon SP  - ish is on the cards, I
suspect.

Can't see why older Leica lenses wouldn't work- the Voigtlander lenses work
on screwmount Leicas........


Cheers


Ro