Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/03/02
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Yahoo! An AE M camera I can use my M accessories on! SOOKY-M, Visoflex 3, M-winder, et al. And, most important of all, manual wind and rewind! I hope they used the same lasts forever and quiet shutter with just electronic controls. Yikes! I had better get "She Who Must Be Dismayed" prepared. Flowers, her favourite dinner and slavish obedience * for the next eight months ought to do it. John (Just A Little Excited) Collier *Sorry, as this list is rated G, no details. > From: "rlb" <rlb@triad.rr.com> > > I just picked up the following post to the Contax list by Bob Shell about a > planned introduction of an M6 AE at Photokina. I know that this was a > speculation topic earlier on the LUG but I don't recall anything quite this > specific. > > I asked for and received Bob's permission to post this on the LUG. He is > interested in the feedback from the LUG on the subject. > > Bob Bedwell > > bob@bobshell.com > > > I'm not on any of the Leica lists, so this may be old news > to those that are. > > The Spanish magazine Foto has a photo in their February issue > of a camera marked "Leica M6 AE" which they say will be introduced > this year at photokina. Just like the current M6 but has a setting > for AE on the shutter speed dial and offers aperture priority auto > in additional to manual operation. > > If anyone here knows more about this I would like to hear from you. > > Bob >