[Leica] Digilux 2 review pt posted - many samples

[ruben at rhodos.dk (Ruben)]

Though my name could be jiddisch, I am afraid feinscmecher was a spelling
errror - and the meaning was " for someone that can afford "the best" no
matter price in a "Patek Philippe" way- cheers Ruben---- Original
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From: "Philippe Orlent" <philippe.orlent@pandora.be>
To: "Leica-Users" <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>
Sent: Thursday, March 18, 2004 3:39 PM
Subject: Re: [Leica] Digilux 2 review pt posted - many samples


> feinscmecher means "gourmand", specialty brand. I think it writes
> Feinschm?cher correctly. Unless it's jiddisch, which has a lot of German
> influences.
>
> > From: Jim Hemenway <Jim@hemenway.com>
> > Reply-To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
> > Date: Thu, 18 Mar 2004 08:31:17 -0500
> > To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
> > Subject: Re: [Leica] Digilux 2 review pt posted - many samples
> >
> > Ruben:
> >
> > What is the definition of feinscmecher?  Does it mean odd?
> >
> > And, Mamiya is out of the pro market?  I'm not certain that's true here
> > in the states.
> >
> > Jim - http://www.hemenway.com
> >
> >
> > Ruben wrote:
> >> Sam/Henning
> >> Would it have been possible to have 4 brands, canon, nikon, minolta and
> >> pentax + leica and contax compeeting for the professional market? If
there
> >> is only sold one hundred 1200 mm.* tele optics a year and the same one
> >> hundred should be devided among 6 camera makers delivering goods for
the pro
> >> market that would make sixteen pieces a year eacg and that would not
give
> >> much back to the research/developement departments of these companys?!
> >> (*and likewise with T&SH lenses and other special lenses)
> >> Its happening with mediumformat to - Bronica, Yasica and Mamiya is out
> >> leaving the market to Rollie and Hasselblad and perhaps Fuji. There
will be
> >> feinscmecher brands like Silvestri, Alpo and Lindhoff but they do not
depend
> >> on their own lenses, so perhaps Minolta and Pentax did the right thing
when
> >> then pulled out of the pro-market and instead was content with
providing the
> >> amateurm arket with som really competent equipment?
> >> Anyway even Nikon is loosing terrain to Canon, so the future pro
35mm/11-14
> >> Mpix market might just have one player left in a couple of years? - sad
> >> though
> >>
> >>
> >> ----- Original Message -----
> >> From: "Henning Wulff" <henningw@archiphoto.com>
> >> To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>
> >> Sent: Thursday, March 18, 2004 7:32 AM
> >> Subject: Re: [Leica] Digilux 2 review pt posted - many samples
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>> At 7:26 PM -0500 3/17/04, Sam wrote:
> >>>
> >>>> I wonder if you can recall what was lacking in the XK system? It
> >>>> certainly was not an array of finders, screens, diopters, bulk film
> >>>> back, intravalometer, battery packs, motor drive, macro tubes,
> >>>> bellows,  copy stand, or lenses from fish-eye to 500mm. Here is an
> >>>> early system map to help you remember:
> >>
> >
> >
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