Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/01/16
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At 04:37 PM 1/16/99 -0800, you wrote: > it may preclude using existing >+AD4-Leica Thread Mount lenses unless they come up with a rangefinder. Reading >+AD4-the numbers in between the Kanji, I did get the impression that the mount >to >+AD4-film plane distance is the same. >+AD4-Those wide angle lenses shown look like they can be zone focused for just >+AD4-about anything you'd want to shoot, as well+ACE- > >The body appears to be a Nikon FM10 minus the mirror and prism, which I >believe is made by Cossina. Using an off the shelf design like that is a >good way to keep costs way down. It'l be interesting to see how those lenses >perform. That would be a very elegant solution- just like Nikon basing the first reflex bodies on the rangefinder body they already made- but going in the other direction this time. Yes, it will be interesting to see what those lenses are like. Joe Berenbaum