Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/03/21
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I am sorry if I left the impression that we should not discuss the future development of M cameras, that certainly was not my intention. However, let us continue to differentiate between what we WISH and what we KNOW. In your response to Mikiro, you asked, "Do you know if the shutter speeds will be of the same sequence..." As of this moment I haven't heard that anyone contributing to the LUG actually KNOWS anything about future M camera developments. We are all, however, free to speculate. Buzz Hausner - -----Original Message----- From: Pierre Charbonneau [mailto:charbonneaup@videotron.ca] Sent: Tuesday, March 21, 2000 3:08 PM To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us Subject: Re: [Leica] M6E You proposed a funny answer here: to keep this "wishful" thinking... in the dream world. Well, maybe yes, maybe no! But I nevertheless believe, right or wrong, that Leica people must be reading this LUG once in while and maybe, maybe, could take note of the desires or comments from their users. Remember that Leitz has shaken the world of 35mm photography in 1954..... I would love to see it happening again with a very modern, very silent M camera. Pierre Buzz Hausner a *crit : > Whoa! Whoa! Whoa! I could be wrong, but my understanding is that nobody > KNOWS anything, we're just engaged here in wishful thinking and idle > speculation. If anyone has real, attributable information about a new M > series camera, please step forward. Otherwise, let's keep this fugue in the > dream world. > > Buzz Hausner > > -----Original Message----- > From: Pierre Charbonneau [mailto:charbonneaup@videotron.ca] > Sent: Tuesday, March 21, 2000 1:40 PM > To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > Subject: Re: [Leica] M6E > > Do you know if the shutter speeds will be of the same sequence, i.e. flash > sync at 1/50 and top speed at 1/1000? and if this new model would be with > manual or automatic film advance? > > Pierre > > Mikiro a *crit : > > > At 5:43 pm +0100 21/3/00, Pierre Charbonneau wrote: > > >They may not intend to produce such a camera. But I beleive I would be > > >interested in one modern update of the M concept. The actual M6 is fine. > > >But I do enjoy truly the automatic film advance, the higher sync speed > > >and the autoexposure-mode of the Hexar RF and Contax G2. I am not into > > >auto-focus, since I appreciate classic rangefinder focusing. And I intend > > >to keep my lenses for a long time. > > > > > >What are yours views? Am I the only one to wish such a camera? > > > > > >Lucien a *crit : > > > > > >> Pierre Charbonneau wrote: > > >> > > > >> > Since the release of the Konika Hexar RF, is there any recent rumors > > >> > about the future of the M-series? Anyone has heard about a new > > >> > electronic fast synch speed motorized M camera? > > >> > > >> Pierre, > > >> > > >> > Fast synch speed motorized. > > >> > > >> I don't think then intend to do that. > > >> > > >> Lucien > > > > Leica is supposedly planning an AE version of M6 with conventional cloth > > shutter membrane that is "electronically" controlled. > > > > Mikiro > > Strasbourg, Europe > > http://arbos.silva.net