Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/06/28
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Don't hope it, Monty; don't dream it; don't believe it. Film - of one sort or another - will be around for a long time. After all, there are still people playing around with the Daguerreotype process. But the question is how sane it is to launch yet another M copy at this point. Sure, Zeiss fans will line up for it - once. And then what. The market will only get smaller with time, rather than larger, as film becomes more and more marginalized and as, dare I say it, Leica/Zeiss fans die off. ;-) On 6/28/05 5:51 PM, "Montie Talbert" <montoid@earthlink.net> wrote: > B.D. wrote: >> The BIG question regarding the digital M is...what is Zeiss up to? My >> assumption is that the film body - that has yet to appear, right? - is >> just >> a place holder for a Zeiss M-mount digital rangefinder. Zeiss's >> introducing >> a film M clone and lenses at this point otherwise makes virtually no sense >> from a business standpoint..." And if I'm correct, the question then is > will >> the ZDM or the LDM appear first? > > "Makes virtually no sense" to someone who hopes, dreams, and/or actually > believes that film is going away anytime soon. Apparently, it made plenty > of sense to Zeiss, Hasselblad, and Cosina. From everything I've read > (and heard) so far, the demand for the new Zeiss M mount will exceed > initial production numbers/goals handily!! B&H is sold out of some of > their > early stock of lenses and are busy taking orders. With the bodies clocking > in at appx. 35% less than the new MP it looks as if Leica's old nemesis has > resurfaced in a big way! A place holder?...possibly. A smart business > move...undoubtedly!! > > BTW, it appears they will neither confirm or deny the future digital m > production but say the new glass will be fully compatible should it > happen...hmmmm?? So, if B.D.'s question is relevant...and Zeiss happens > to be first off the blocks, it might be "the nail that..." well you know, I > just > can't bring myself to type it :-( > > Montie > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information