Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/04/01
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On Sun, 01 April 2001, Mark Rabiner wrote: > <SNIP> > What the R system needs is a field camera. A small spunky camera to put all the > Leica R glass on. > The R6.2 is functional but has no sizzle. A camera has got to me marketed... > like the new Sony digital camera. > Contax has it's Aria to round of this end of it's SLR manual focus system http://www.contaxcameras.com/ > i think Leica needs something similar. > Give them a cheep sexy body to put Leica R glass on. > Then later a certain percentage of them will move up to the big pro level bodies. > > Mark Rabiner > > Portland, Oregon > USA > > http://www.rabiner.cncoffice.com/ I agree, and they don't have to make it a Leica brand body, just R-compatible; same with lenses. Leicamat? Minox-R? It would be easier to sell the R-system if people who are thinking of switching to R know they aren't limited to premium-priced stuff for their backup body or seldom-used lenses. Doug Herr Birdman of Sacramento http://www.wildlightphoto.com ___________________________________________________ The ALL NEW CS2000 from CompuServe Better! Faster! More Powerful! 250 FREE hours! Sign-on Now! http://www.compuserve.com/trycsrv/cs2000/webmail/