[Leica] RE: [MUGers] Re: New M?

[Henry Ting <henryting10@yahoo.com>]

Why would the companies you mention willing to be an
OEM supplier to Leica ? They seem to be doing quite
well themselves. For Leica's "nay" attitude in
retrofitting their existing M or R to digital, Sony,
Panasonic, Canon and the rest already proved that they
can build a variable zooming viewfinder, both macro,
wide-angle and tele in a zoom lens, movie and still
photography capability, memory stick plug & play,
flash, auto-focus, AND much much more in a package
about 1/2 the size of the existing Leica M. I'm not
too sure Leica's brandname and prestige can entice
these companies to be Leica OEMs. 

BTW, I read Leica's comment why its impossible based
on current technology to adapt M&R into digital. Sound
BS to me, in view of the fact of what the other
companies can achieve. 

- --- Nelson Ricciardi <nelson@ricciardi.eng.br> wrote:
> What about a joint venture between Leica and HP or
> Sonny? Or Panasonic?
> 
> Leica would take care of the body and lenses. The
> other guys of the sensor
> and eletronics.
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: classicvw@aol.com [mailto:classicvw@aol.com] 
> Sent: quinta-feira, 27 de fevereiro de 2003 00:02
> To: MUGers@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: Re: [MUGers] Re: New M?
> 
> 
> I agree with your summary of the company, but I also
> still feel that as
> those 
> that buy their limited edition Leicas finally tire
> of buying more and more
> of 
> them, and they and we die off, there'll be not
> enough people left that 
> appreciate an all-mechanical film camera, and Leica
> will just cease to make 
> cameras. I can't see that a kid in elementary school
> today will even know 
> what a Leica was when he is ready to buy a camera of
> his own. If he does
> know 
> what one was, I'm sure he won't be impressed by one.
> 
> George S.
> 
> darrell_jennings@yahoo.com writes:
> 
> > If you use a camera with a 50 year old design like
> the
> > M it is because you like using old mechanical
> > technology (I do), so I'm not sure that beyond the
> > 1000 people on this list that the market for an
> > expensive high end Leica digital is all that
> > great...why would someone buy it instead of a
> Canon or
> > Nikon? To reuse M lenses?? Not enough M users with
> M
> > lenses that would rush out and buy a $5K M digital
> > body to justify the investment.
> > 
> > Leica is a high end niche player and always will
> be.
> > They'll sell lots of the MP's because there is a
> > market for them (look at how many black paint
> cameras
> > they built and sold at a BIG premium).
> > 
> > I don't think they will ever be a Canon or even a
> > Nikon...it just isn't in their chemistry. They
> have a
> > small R&D staff and a small budget. They'll be one
> of
> > the companies making little jewel like mechanical
> > cameras when film is an expensive hobby for the
> kind
> > of customers that Leica sells to today.
> > 
> 
> 
> 
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> removed]
> 
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