Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/07/27
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I can see something along the line of a Plaubel Makina, but with Leitz
glass. With 6x6 to 6x9 capability, at the flick of a switch. A folding
or retracting lens is still a smart move, you could carry it along with
the 35 without being encumbered with extra weight and mass in a camera
bag. My preference would be a wide angle version that focuses down to 2 feet.
Slobodan Dimitrov
George Day wrote:
>
> Seriously,
>
> I can imagine Leica re-claiming the vacuum left by the Mamiya 6. One of the
> *dumbest* things I have ever done was selling off my M6 system to "move up"
> to Mamiya 7.
>
> Okay, Mamiya 7s are incredible. The optics are astonishing, period. But
> the 6 is beautiful camera -- so compact and light that I never felt it was
> more obtrusive than a Leica M6. And then there's the square format: you get
> a couple extra shots and, damn it, some of us like squares.
>
> Bronica and Fuji have their 645 range finders (I have one of the Fujis,
> incidentally) which are nice, in their own way, but are kinda goofy.
>
> Now, a 6x6 range finder with Leica glass, build quality, etc...that would be
> fantastic, almost regardless the cost.