Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/02/27
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Riiiiight. And it's going to be personally introduced at next year's Photokina by Oskar Barnack his ownself!:-) - -----Original Message----- From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us] On Behalf Of Kit McChesney | acmefoto Sent: Thursday, February 27, 2003 10:08 AM To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us Subject: RE: [Leica] RE: [MUGers] Re: New M? Who said Leica has said "nay" to digital for R? That's not what I've heard. I've heard they are in the R&D for digital for the R, and that though its ETA is not certain, there is to be an ETA. Kit - -----Original Message----- From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us]On Behalf Of Henry Ting Sent: Thursday, February 27, 2003 6:19 AM To: MUGers@yahoogroups.com; Leica-users Subject: [Leica] RE: [MUGers] Re: New M? 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. > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been > removed] > > > ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor > ---------------------~--> New Yahoo! Mail Plus. More flexibility. More > control. More power. Get POP > access, more storage, more filters, and more. > http://us.click.yahoo.com/Hcb0iA/P.iFAA/46VHAA/HdIolB/TM > - ---------------------------------------------------------------------~-> > > > > Your use of Yahoo! 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