Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/07/27

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Subject: Re: [Leica] MF Leica
From: George Day <george@rdcinteractive.com>
Date: Fri, 27 Jul 2001 16:08:21 +0000

Well...there's always this trick: buy a Speed Graphic, or something like
that, and slap current Rodenstock or Schneider (I like rodenstock, for no
solid reason other than habit) on it and a roll-film or grafmatic back.
Presto.  

on 7/27/01 10:15 PM, Tom Finnegan at TomF@piengr.com wrote:

> Before people get too excited, I believe that this is old news and Leica has
> come out and said that Mr. Cohn's comments were misinterpreted and that they
> have no plans to come out with a MF camera. Of course, that could just be a
> cover-up. Maybe Mr. Cohn let slip some secret info and they really are
> coming out with MF. In either case it doesn't really matter to me since I
> would never be able to afford it.
> 
> The first time this went around I was envisioning something along the lines
> of a Fuji 690 with interchangeable  high speed lenses, or maybe an Alpa with
> a Leica viewfinder/rangefinder.
> 
> http://www.alpa.ch/alpa/index.html
> 
> Tom Finnegan
> Seattle
> 
> I guess I better start playing the Lotto just in case.