Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/10/01
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Didier, That's right. I think the market for a wide-angle Bessa will be small, but real, because the Bessa are not that expensive. But I see no market for an expensive Rangefinder wide-angle only, like the M8. Some people may want one, but to few will buy it. What is funny, is that the new Zeiss-Ikon SW for wide angle (made by Cosina) has no viewfinder at all. Only 2 shoes for external viewfinder and accessory. http://camera-info.com/Zeiss_Ikon/Zeiss_Ikon_SW_Superwide_Camera.html Lucien Le 01-oct.-06 ? 08:35, Didier Ludwig a ?crit : > Lucien > I speak about wide angle frame lines, not magnification. Can't > remember that there ever was a leica with 21mm brightlines in the > finder. > Didier > > >> Didier, >> Wasn't the M 0,58 made by Leica ? >> ;-) >> A nice move, but not a great success. >> Lucien >> >> >>> Most releases were presented before the photokina or in the first >>> two days. Nothing to blog about afterwards. Except the announcement >>> from Mr. K of Cosina to produce a Voigtlander Bessa R4a/R4m RF >>> camera with 21/25/28/35/50 framelines (TomA and S. Gandy even >>> proposed to drop the 50 framelines in favor of a 40). As usual, Mr. >>> K did not choose the glaring lights of the photokina boothes for >>> that, but a discrete hotel room, just with a few handpicked guests. >>> >>> Btw I find the idea of a strictly wide angle oriented rangefinder >>> camera very consequent and fascinating. Leica has got another "not >>> invented here" problem. >>> >>> Didier > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information