Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/09/15
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I think Erwin may be right - the combo of the .58, the motor, the 28 Summicron, and the new Tri-Elmar might be one of the world's great travel/editorial kits. I've got a serious lech going for the whole kit and kaboodle. BTW, there's be no point putting pop-up 21 or 24mm frame lines in a Leica at the moment - the lenses wouldn't activate them. The best they could do for wider lenses might be to put in a permanent 24mm frame line. But as I understand it, that's not the point of the .58 - it's the "high-eyepoint" Leica everyone's been yelling for. Of course when Konica did it, everyone complained that it made the effective baselength too short. I bet it'll get lots of praise now that Leica's done it, though. Paul >-----Original Message----- >From: Martin Howard [mailto:howard.390@osu.edu] >Sent: Friday, September 15, 2000 3:34 PM >To: Leica Users Group >Subject: [Leica] Leica 0.58x > > > >Hey, cool. Just surfed over to the Leica Camera homepage and >they have a >Photokina special on. This is probably old news, but they're >releasing an >M6 TTL with 0.58x finder (although it doesn't appear to have any wider >framlines than the 28mm) and a new motor the size of a >RapidWinder with what >appears to be an integrated grip. > >M. > >