Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/02/11
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Erwin, > consider every medium format camera hopeless out of times and unworthy of > any place in this high speed world. In a lot of ways, they are. Medium format is not commonly used in many photographic specialties because it isn't (for the most part) fast enough. I can't think of the last time I saw candid, nightime street photography done with a medium format. A quiet MF with fast lenses, and some faster film choices would change that. > BTW: Leica never officially denied any of the items mentioned (TriElmar. > M6Tele or M6Wide). Amatuer Photographer, a British weekly photo magazine, published a LUG-sourced rumor list of the M6T,M6W and M6E (as well as the Tri Elmar and R9AF). Leica, officially and tersely, denied all in a letter to the editor published a few weeks later. > No industry I know of has this very peculiar Leica thread of continally > generating rumours about new products. > Why does nobody ask for a Contax G3 or a Contax AX2 or RTS IV. Were there a Contax list, the RTS4 is all you'ld be reading about. I was told that there is a rumored G3 just yesterday (though I'm not ready to believe it). As for the AX, I doubt that it sells well enough for an update. Leica hasn't put as much serious concentration into filling out the M line in years and I think alot of the excitement is being generated by quiet wishes finally coming true. The HM is great to see and I, for one, want one. I would rather though, have an M6E. How about an M6E-HM? Danny Gonzalez