[Leica] leica P&S (was: crayons vs. markers)

[shino@ubspainewebber.com]

as a more general discussion of leica apart from M and R:

may i ask if anyone M user on the group has
strong feelings either way about the leica point-and-shoots?

i'll start:  in my mind, i don't really see the leica P&S's as "leicas", but
rather as conventional P&S's with leica-designed optics.  for P&S, i like
contax (T & T2)--so much so, i am mentally locked-in.  

note that the above statement qualifies 100% as "prejudice" since i have
never handled any leica P&S--however such customer predispositions
are realities in the marketing world.

- -rei


> From: "Mxsmanic" <mxsmanic@hotmail.com>
> 
> who like complex and newfangled digital cameras?  Do you think that people who
> buy Leica Ms because of the unique niche they occupy in the market will run out
> and buy Leica digitals that are clones of every other digicam in existence, but
> at three times the price?  I don't think so.  Thus, Leica loses the M market,
> and gains nothing in return, and so do you.
>