Denton Taylor wrote:
>
> At 09:44 PM 9/24/98 -0400, you wrote:
> >In a message dated 98-09-24 16:52:32 EDT, you write:
> >
> >Would you tell me, please, who else is making high end, high quality, usable
> >lightweight cameras? Leica? Wow. Nice company!
> >Has Leica thrown in the towel since they don't make a plastic SLR?
> >Ed
>
> There's Contax, of course :-).
But they made an plastic enriched camera body too, isn´t it?
> No, Leica hasn't thrown in the towel. How
> many R bodies has Leica introduced since the OM4T?
Actualy one, the R8, other version R4 to R7 where modification like
OM-4,3, the Ti versions.
> They continue to
> introduce new products at a furious pace. The R8 is pretty new. Last year,
> the Leica M6 .85. At Photokina, an M6 with TTL flash.
Same as above with M6.
> _Several_ lenses a
> year. This year, the M-series vario-Elmar, a 90 Summicron-M Asph, etc., etc.
Yes, Leica is realy bussy to improve the optical quality of there
lenses, an exeption to the rest of the industry.
> Wouldn't we like it if Oly introduced even one lousy SLR product a year?
I would like it.
Regards
Richard
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