Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/08/15

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Subject: [Leica] Several topics
From: "Erwin Puts" <imxputs@knoware.nl>
Date: Tue, 15 Aug 2000 14:21:00 +0200

The PlusX ended slightly behind the D100, grain was just visible, but
acutance was very high, giving the pictures a high level of impact, which
would be excellent at enlargements just till 10 times.
DD-X is a classical BW developer and has no relationship to C41.
Zeiss has just released data on film flatness with 120-film (their 65
system). Conclusion: 120 has serious flatness problems. Best solution: use
220 and make sure the foilm is ransported quicqly. When a film is left in
the camera for more than 5 minutes without movement, flatness is reduced and
when the film is in the camera for more than an hour without transport,
serious trouble can be expected for that frame.
Rumours. The 75 millenium camera is presumably the Pentax LX special
edition.
Minolta does not plan a revamped CL. Of course it is easy for Cosina to do a
Bessa-R with M-mount. Does it make sense? I doubt it.
Leica company report for fiscal year ending march 2000, shows a profit and a
strong base for further development.It is clear that Mr Cohn is on the right
track and that he knows where he is heading for. Mr Erfurths negative
comments, repeated ad nauseam, are unjustified and unfounded. And his
predictions for the new Leica products are probably as wrong as his comments
on Mr Cohn's abilities. In the imaging field, the company will always be a
small player, but so are Cannondale bikes in the bicycle world. But you can
survive and even prosper.
Erwin

Replies: Reply from Dennis Painter <dpainter@bigfoot.com> (Re: [Leica] Several topics)