Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/08/27

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Subject: [Leica] new M mount 35mm wide angle camera
From: red735i at earthlink.net (Frank Filippone)
Date: Sun Aug 27 13:58:05 2006
 
The ceramic pressure plate was both novel, and probably, a good idea.  Leica 
used to have glass pressure plates, Hasselblad and
other photogrammetric cameras have glass pressure plates on the inside of 
the film to provide ultimate flatness.  However, if I
remember correctly, the ultimate was the Contax AX that had a vacuum formed 
so the film HAD to conform to the pressure plate.  Now
that was a good idea.

But practically, this camera, for the piddling sum of a grand, would not 
offer this degree of accuracy, IMO.

I go back to marketing hype.  

Frank Filippone
red735i@earthlink.net
In reply to: Message from leicaluvr at comcast.net (Tom Schofield) ([Leica] new M mount 35mm wide angle camera)