[Leica] Re: Waiting for new cameras ?

["Roger Beamon" <roger@beamon.org>]

On 4 Aug 99, George Berger wrote, at least in part:

> >On 3 Aug 99, TTAbrahams@aol.com wrote, at least in part:
> >
> ><snip>
> >
> >If I did it, it would have a long base rangefinder, at least 120-
> >130mm long,
> >
> ><snip>
> >
> >Wow, Tom, what are you on? I want some of that stuff!
> 
> Well, I owned a Contax IIa, complete with a *very* long base 
> rangefinder, in the mid-late '40s.  That long base rangefinder, a 
> 1/1000 shutter speed  - - coupled with the focusing wheel on the top plate
> - -  made it a helluva' camera.  I only had a 50 mm f 2.0 lens for it. In
> many respects, I still miss it.  Sigh

Quite agree, George. I wasn't pooh poohing the thought of a 
super long base. I was really just commenting on the entire list of 
Tom's dreaming. He's obviously given his wish list a lot of thought 
over a lot of time. Man, I couldn't think up half of those things that 
Tom did.


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Roger
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