Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/02/24
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I think the mood of the entire industry is somber. No
one knows where it is going or how they will fit in.
Margins continue to shrink as do former glories for
everyone.
--- Christopher Williams <leicachris@worldnet.att.net>
wrote:
> Hah! Nikon has the same problem in Jan. at PPA New
> Orleans. I'd like to buy
> the camera, but I'd at least want to see a working
> model. Feb 25th is the
> shipping date. Even Leica's DMR was taken photos at
> the PPA show.
>
> Maybe the DMR will come on down for the LHSA Spring
> Shoot in New Orleans.
>
> Chris
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Don Dory"
> Subject: [Leica] PMA and Leica
>
>
> > Well, I hit the Leica booth shortly after the hall
> opened and the Leica
> > booth was manned and ready for the crowds. They
> had a working DMR that
> > seemed just fine to me. As an aside the DIMA
> folks thought that the
> > images coming off the Minolta 7D looked better at
> 16X20 than the DMR
> > although the vote was within 5/100ths. No new
> product shown to the
> > masses although I got the impression that they
> were going to announce a
> > lens but decided not to. Also, I got the distinct
> impression that the
> > orders for the DMR would occupy the company for
> more than the next year.
> >
> >
> > The mood of the industry was somewhat somber. The
> show was much smaller
> > than last year with smaller crowds. The Kodak
> booth was a mere shadow
> > of their former glory. Two of the Nikon D2X's
> shown did not work
> > properly; one of the reps told me that they just
> got their camera just
> > before the show.
> >
> > I will say that the new Canon Rebel XT is mighty
> fine. They have really
> > worked on the viewfinder to make manual focus
> work; it was much easier
> > than the D20. I didn't even have a problem with
> the kit lens. Tactile
> > feel was much improved over the predecessor.
> > Don
> > dorysrus@mindspring.com
> >
> >
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