Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/11/17
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At 07:25 AM 11/17/1999 -0800, Eric Welch wrote: > >Could it be that Leica abandoned the LTM years and years ago, and it's only >collectors and people who like antique cameras who still use that mount? It >would be crazy to hobble all their lenses with a mount that's used less and >less as time goes by. The competitive LTM cameras are a tiny fraction of >their market. Eric I am not disputing your basic point, but bear in mind that probably ten times as many FED and Zorki LTM cameras have been manufactured (and, in the case of the FED, are still being manufactured) as all of the combined production of Leica, Canon, and Nikon in the LTM mount. Marc msmall@roanoke.infi.net FAX: +540/343-7315 Cha robh bas fir gun ghras fir!