silent motor wind patent expires 2006

[aizan]

In this old article by Davidde Stella (http://web.archive.org/web/20040215010112/http://www.davidde.com/articles/hexarrf2.html), he mentions that the patent for the silent motor wind expires in 2006. You know what I'm thinking?

[Pherdinand]

i think i do
Let's hope "film is not dead" by 2006 :D Otherwise the technique will be blowin' in the wind.

[jorisbens]

You wonna make your own rangefinder with silent motor winder next year :p

[aizan]

ahem, *cough*. well, not me, but hopefully konica minolta.