Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/03/21
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Buzz Hausner wrote: > > I am sorry if I left the impression that we should not discuss the future > development of M cameras, that certainly was not my intention. However, let > us continue to differentiate between what we WISH and what we KNOW. In your > response to Mikiro, you asked, "Do you know if the shutter speeds will be of > the same sequence..." As of this moment I haven't heard that anyone > contributing to the LUG actually KNOWS anything about future M camera > developments. We are all, however, free to speculate. > > Buzz Hausner > > -----Original Message----- > From: Pierre Charbonneau [mailto:charbonneaup@videotron.ca] > Sent: Tuesday, March 21, 2000 3:08 PM > To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > Subject: Re: [Leica] M6E > > You proposed a funny answer here: to keep this "wishful" thinking... in the > dream world. Well, maybe yes, maybe no! But I nevertheless believe, right > or > wrong, that Leica people must be reading this LUG once in while and maybe, > maybe, could take note of the desires or comments from their users. > > Remember that Leitz has shaken the world of 35mm photography in 1954..... I > would love to see it happening again with a very modern, very silent M > camera. > > Pierre > > Buzz Hausner a *crit : > > > Whoa! Whoa! Whoa! I could be wrong, but my understanding is that nobody > > KNOWS anything, we're just engaged here in wishful thinking and idle > > speculation. If anyone has real, attributable information about a new M > > series camera, please step forward. Otherwise, let's keep this fugue in > the > > dream world. > > > > Buzz Hausner > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Pierre Charbonneau [mailto:charbonneaup@videotron.ca] > > Sent: Tuesday, March 21, 2000 1:40 PM > > To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > > Subject: Re: [Leica] M6E > > > > Do you know if the shutter speeds will be of the same sequence, i.e. flash > > sync at 1/50 and top speed at 1/1000? and if this new model would be with > > manual or automatic film advance? > > > > Pierre > > > > Mikiro a *crit : > > > > > At 5:43 pm +0100 21/3/00, Pierre Charbonneau wrote: > > > >They may not intend to produce such a camera. But I beleive I would be > > > >interested in one modern update of the M concept. The actual M6 is > fine. > > > >But I do enjoy truly the automatic film advance, the higher sync speed > > > >and the autoexposure-mode of the Hexar RF and Contax G2. I am not into > > > >auto-focus, since I appreciate classic rangefinder focusing. And I > intend > > > >to keep my lenses for a long time. > > > > > > > >What are yours views? Am I the only one to wish such a camera? > > > > > > > >Lucien a *crit : > > > > > > > >> Pierre Charbonneau wrote: > > > >> > > > > >> > Since the release of the Konika Hexar RF, is there any recent > rumors > > > >> > about the future of the M-series? Anyone has heard about a new > > > >> > electronic fast synch speed motorized M camera? > > > >> > > > >> Pierre, > > > >> > > > >> > Fast synch speed motorized. > > > >> > > > >> I don't think then intend to do that. > > > >> > > > >> Lucien > > > > > > Leica is supposedly planning an AE version of M6 with conventional cloth > > > shutter membrane that is "electronically" controlled. > > > > > > Mikiro > > > Strasbourg, Europe > > > http://arbos.silva.net Toccata and Fugue in M6 AE minor or the reoccurring theme To be or not to be an aeM6. Written for a chorus of full dress M6s all quietly " schliking" away accompanied by a symphony of contentious partisan posters postulating positions pro and con. John