Re: [Leica] Lens cap threads and the digital mass market

[Bryant Terry <bterry@naxs.net>]

I don't know Dwane,  I think my chrome cap looks awfully good on my black
Summicron.  : ) : ) : )

BIRKEY, DUANE wrote:

> Mark Rabiner wrote>>>>>>
>
> Me, I'm not an Art Historian or an esthetician. I'm a photogeek. I wana
> know how he did it. I wanna know what kind of lens cap he uses.<<<<<<
>
> Please.....Lets not start a lens cap thread........
>
> I rather talk about the red dot, filters and black electrical tape on a
> Leica  then lens caps.
>
> I even prefer wild speculation on how long it will take for digital to
> overtake mass film usage........ than lens caps.....
>
> (my 2 cents..... it's going to be a long time...... there are millions of
> film users and  millions (figure of speech) of mini-labs around the
> world.......    APS has been way below expectations of the experts and so
> will digital cameras and prints for the mass market....  The below
> analysis is coming from my business degree and the 3 years I worked in
> photographic retailing management.....
>
> Basically the only way you are going to get people to switch is to make
> their cameras obsolete......   People shot on disk film and 110 and 126
> and even 620 until either their cameras were unrepairable, they couldn't
> buy film or couldn't get it developed....   Don't forget that people
> don't want to throw away a perfectly good $40, $100, $200, $1000  or
> $$$$$$ Leica camera to buy some digital thing that requires an expensive
> computer, software and a relatively expensive printer to make prints.....
> plus time,  effort and knowledge.   Photoquality paper for a digital
> printer still isn't exactly cheap..... Let's face it,  it's a whole
> easier to drop the film off at Walmart and for the average consumer the
> results are probably better than what they would get at home......  The
> average consumer in the U.S. only shoots a couple of rolls of print film
> a year.... digital just doesn't make sense for the masses.
>
> Anyhow  I can't speak for HCB.....  I only use lens caps on lenses that
> don't have filters and have collapsible hoods like the 90 Summicron cap
> (14289).   Although I do like the over the lenshood version (14043) for
> my 35mm Summicron ASPH as the (14038) cap requires the removal of the
> lens hood....  I rarely use either....
>
> And I'm not sure where the cap is for my 50 Summicron is ..... (14038)
>
> But please no lens cap threads  : )
>
> Duane Birkey
>
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