Besides a Pentax owner, I am a Leica owner. I would like an "inexpensive"
M-mount camera body.
If only Pentax had gone this way.
Jim A.
> From: Mike Johnston <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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> Date: Wed, 28 Feb 2001 13:46:19 -0600
> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Subject: OT: New Cosina rumor
>
> This is OT for the Pentax list, but a juicy bit of new camera news
> nonetheless: evidently Cosina's website is announcing a new rangefinder on
> March 15th, and the Leica User Group is abuzz with speculation that it will
> feature an M-mount.
>
> As you probably know, the Konica Hexar RF features the Leica M-mount, which
> evidently went out of patent protection in the mid-'90s. So far, Cosina's
> "Voigtlaender" rangerfinder, the Bessa-R, has been LTM (Leica Thread Mount).
>
> Are we about to see a "Bessa M"--a cheap M-mount camera for the first time
> since the Minolta CLE was discontinued?
>
> --Mike
>
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