Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/06/04
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Hi all, My post was not to start another round of debate about the Hexar-M compatbility neither to valuate Erwin Puts' opinion. What I'd like to know is Hexar's view, among all other opinions. I like to listen to different voice so each of us can make our own informed judgment. Thanks for all the responses. Lee - --- Jeffery Smith <jsmith@dcc.edu> wrote: > Jerry, > > I've always had some appreciation for Erwin Puts, > probably because everything he has recommended (that > I subsequently bought) has been wonderful > (Tri-Elmar, for example), and everything he has > panned (that I subsequently bought against my better > judgement has been a turkey (the 50/2.5 Skopar, for > example). Some of his newsletters read a bit like a > person's personal journal or diary, but that's fine. > Hard to bitch about something that is free and > didn't kill any trees. > > Jeffery > > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us] On > Behalf Of Jerry Lehrer > Sent: Wednesday, June 04, 2003 10:50 AM > To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > Subject: Re: [Leica] OT: New Hexar RF? Don't wake me > > > Lee > > My respect for Hr. Puts has increased. He has > approached this subject as an engineer, rather than > as a theologist. > > Jerry > > Lee wrote: > > > --- TTAbrahams@aol.com wrote: > > ... > > > Spent a couple of days at Cosina/Voigtlander in > > > Nakano and I have seen at least 14 new products > for rangefinder > > > cameras. Some close to production and some in > “prototype†form. > > > Most of this is for the Leica M and 39mm mount, > but the Nikon RF > > > users > > > > Do you know what is Hexar's "official" opinion > about > > the compatibility with M mount? Do they claim > it's > > 100% compatible? I'm just curious about different > > opinion regarding the issues. Here is a link for > one opinion. > > > http://www.imx.nl/photosite/technical/Register/Register.html > > > > Thanks. > > > > Lee > > > > p.s. Sorry to raise the issue again. I'm just > > interested in what they have to say. > > > > __________________________________ > > Do you Yahoo!? > > Yahoo! Calendar - Free online calendar with sync > to Outlook(TM). > > http://calendar.yahoo.com > > -- > > To unsubscribe, see > > > http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > > -- > To unsubscribe, see > http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > > > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Calendar - Free online calendar with sync to Outlook(TM). http://calendar.yahoo.com - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html