Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/01/15
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]There are lug special editions which could happen and there have been some very successful LHSA special editions of cameras and lenses. And winders even. But I'm wondering if to get a screw mount option on our lenses an option of viability might be the so far not very popular on the lug "Leica ? la carte". Leica has a new pentent it seems for personal customization. Give the customer exactly what they want. But let them pay for it. This does not sound so far off from our thread here. If we can order any color leather and configuration of finder and what not why not have a screw mount or Leica thread mount option? Well one reason is that the "Leica ? la carte" is so far a body thing and not a lens thing. But if they are going to slow down the assembly line in order to accommodate extra cheese and hold the pickles how far of a stretch could it be to assume they might also do this on the lens assembly lines? They certainly need to offer black paint lenses to accommodate the black paint bodies which seem to be taking over the universe. And this phenomenon very much a product of Bill Rosauer LHSA edition gems! So far they've had black chrome, chrome, retro chrome (the 50) and black paint. Why not LTM if that's what you want on the back? I wonder if they could come out with a current body in LTM instead of a bayoneted mount? Flange issues? I have some flange issues myself. I'm not sure if CV is coming out with LTM bodies any more that was their thing at first but perhaps they've switched over. Regardless there are a lot of LTM bodies out there now. I hope someone makes more. Like Leica! To me the true right size of a Leica is the size of those earlier cameras. The bayonet M cameras are just too big. And heavy. Collapsible helps. But collapsible on an elegant Barnack LTM camera slips right in to my pocket and doesn't weigh it down. Who knows the limits of Leicas recent percent for customization? Give us screw mount options. In glass and bodies. A new compact Barnack. If they can make an O they can make another IIIa. Mark Rabiner Photography Portland Oregon http://rabinergroup.com/