Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/09/24

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Subject: Re: [Leica] rumour - from Leica this time
From: Eric Welch <ewelch@ponyexpress.net>
Date: Fri, 24 Sep 1999 13:53:52 -0500

At 07:13 PM 9/23/99 +0000, Gerd Hechtfischer wrote:
>"... Thus we are trying to extend the cameras of the M-System to a family.
>There will be no new model that supersedes the existing camera, but the
>friends of the M-system will get more choices..."
>
>note that this "rumour" is nearly an announcement, as it comes directly
>from Leica.
>Has anyone more on this?

Sounds like what's been said here. The M6 lives on with a more automated M 
coming. That's cool.

What did he say about the R line?

Eric Welch
St. Joseph, MO

http://www.ponyexpress.net/~ewelch

It's about time we started to take photography seriously and treat it as a 
hobby. - Eliott Erwitt