Peter Dechert is still alive and active, as far as I know. This thread is starting to make it seem like he's in the past tense. I'm pretty sure that's him posting on a rangefinder forum, as recent as a couple weeks ago: http://www.rangefinderforum.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=100&order=desc --- Rollei List - Post to rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx - Subscribe at rollei_list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'subscribe' in the subject field OR by logging into www.freelists.org - Unsubscribe at rollei_list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'unsubscribe' in the subject field OR by logging into www.freelists.org - Online, searchable archives are available at //www.freelists.org/archives/rollei_list