Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/11/12
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Hello, Please see the attached messages that I saw on the rec.photo.equipment.35mm USENET newsgroup. BTW, the M6 TTL with HM in chrome is available now. The second message is very interesting. Regards, PitakC - ----- Date: 12 Nov 1999 14:46:22 GMT From: hrphoto@aol.com (HRphoto) Subject: New Equipment from Leica At the end of November Leica plans to introduce the Leica Digilux zoom. It will have a 3x optical zoom. An interesting accessory will be the Leica Digicopy, which will allow to copy transparencies and negatives with the camera. There will also be an automatic, compact camera in the $500 range. The M6 TTL .85 will be available in chrome, the motor drive for the R8 will finally be available, including a rechargeable battery pack with quick charger. There will be a Vario--Elmar-P2 f/3.5 100-200 projection lens and finally the Leica Trinovid 8x20 "Edition", which will be made of solid brass. Heinz HRphotography http://hometown.aol.com/hrphoto/myhomepage/business.html FOTOgraphicART http://hometown.aol.com/fotogrart/myhomepage/business.html http://www.choicemall.com/fotographicart - ----- Date: 12 Nov 1999 20:39:05 GMT From: hrphoto@aol.com (HRphoto) Subject: Re: New Equipment from Leica >I just wish that there products >reached the market faster... I totally agree. This has been a complaint for years. I guess there is a normal time span between announcement and availability of new items, and then there are Leitzyears. I just read several articles in the Solms newspaper, and the Leica management, among a whole lot of other issues, is trying to address that very problem. I am not holding my breath though. Some of the other, major issues at the September stock holders meeting was the try to oust current CEO Hanns-Peter Cohn by a norther German investers group from Hamburg, lead by Ruediger Beuttenmueller. This attempt failed. According to Cohn, Leitz is also prepared for a take-over bid by another company. However Cohn said that "Leica must remain independent.." He did, however, admit that Leica is very much interested in a technological partner. He is hoping to find a company which could greatly benefit from Leitz' optical expertise. For the fiscal year of 1998/99 Leitz showed a loss of 13.7 Million Marks, compared to a loss of 17.1 Million Marks for the previous year. Cohn is predicting to be out of the red for the fiscal yerar 2000/2001. Heinz HRphotography http://hometown.aol.com/hrphoto/myhomepage/business.html FOTOgraphicART http://hometown.aol.com/fotogrart/myhomepage/business.html http://www.choicemall.com/fotographicart - ----- - -- Pitak Chenkosol, Dept. Electrical Eng.,| " I was born not knowing and have Portland State University, | only had a little time to change P.O. Box 751, Portland, OR 97207-0751. | that here and there." E-mail: pitakc@ee.pdx.edu | Richard P. Feynman