Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/02/02
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]It's a nice idea. If it comes to pass, I'd be inclined not to get too much into specific hardware issues: It's very easy to say "Why don't you add feature X to the Leica, just like Contax does? If they took such advice to heart, we'd be assured of a Leica which wasn't especially Leica-like, and more derivative than imaginative. (did I just hear someone grumble "so what else is new?") My own question might read like this: How do you retain the Leica's beloved qualities, while making it relevant for tomorrow's photographers, and how are these decisions reflected in Leica's newest products? Okay, one specific question: What is your personal all-time favorite Leica/Leitz product? My $0.02 Jeff - -----Original Message----- From: Bill Erfurth <m6rf@yahoo.com> >What I am suggesting is that we make arrangements to submit a list of >questions to the factory. The way I see it, that procedure would be >to submit a CAREFULLY EDITED list of questions, maybe once a month, to >a particular individual at Leica (Solms).