Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/02/18
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Don, my money is on the idea that a digital rangefinder is precisely what Zeiss is working on - that's why the lenses, and their focal lengths, and the film body, if it ever appears, is just a place holder. Frankly, nothing else makes allot of sense in terms of introducing a not-inexpensive film body at this point. -----Original Message----- From: lug-bounces+bdcolen=earthlink.net@leica-users.org [mailto:lug-bounces+bdcolen=earthlink.net@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of Don Dory Sent: Friday, February 18, 2005 4:58 PM To: 'Leica Users Group' Subject: RE: [Leica] LUG to the rescue Neil, I have been trying for almost five months to buy a new Leica lens. Unfortunately, they want to make 75 Summicrons instead of 50 Summilux ASPH's. I have a 75 Summilux so no dice there. I'm with Mark, very, very soon I will join the DCanon brigade and the Leica stuff will collect dust if I'm charitable, or go on the block if I'm not. Companies that make what they want, and not what their customers want soon find their way to insolvency. I suspect an Asian company like Cosina will buy the name in receivership and make interesting things with the name and red dot. Or, if the Zeiss camera is real, then we will go that direction if we want film. Possibly, the Zeiss/Cosina combine will make the digital M we have all wanted and Leica will become just another Exacta, Miranda, Zeiss Ikon, or some other company in the dustbin of history. Cheers, Don dorysrus@mindspring.com -----Original Message----- From: lug-bounces+dorysrus=mindspring.com@leica-users.org [mailto:lug-bounces+dorysrus=mindspring.com@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of Neal Friedenthal Sent: Friday, February 18, 2005 3:32 PM To: leica users group Subject: [Leica] LUG to the rescue How about this, everyone on the LUG go out and buy one new Leica Camera or Lens. There are over 1000 of us on the LUG or LUG Digest, that would be an average of What $2500 from each of us, that's $2.5 Million into the leica coffers,, ;-) Just an idea !!! _______________________________________________ Leica Users Group. See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information _______________________________________________ Leica Users Group. See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information