Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/08/26
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Mark, I am not insulting Leica or any person on the list or off. The thread is by a group of people who are largely sympathetic to Leica and who are trying to figure out how Leica can expand its business based on what is undoubtedly its core competence--making world-class lenses. The reality of the market is that the majority of photographers are shifting or have shifted to digital capture. Among them are some ex-Leica users who got tired of waiting for the DMR or who (like me) decided that the DMR is not the right solution for them and therefore went with another body. Let's face it, from a commercial standpoint the whole line of Leica SLRs has been one giant failure. You may consider this statement an insult, but the market has spoken. It does not make sense to speak of insults here. And while you and I and Doug may agree that the Leicaflex SL has the best viewfinder that ever graced and SLR and the the R8 is a beautiful piece of equipment, the fact is that Leica did not make them for charity; they made them to make money--and from that point of view, both of these wonderful bodies have been abject failures. I will continue to use Leica lenses but do not see myself buying another Leica body--unless the company survives to make a digital M with a price/performance ratio that is competitive at the time they release it. Nathan Mark Rabiner wrote: > This tread is just an thinly veiled insult to Leica. This time the Leica > CAMERA BODY. > I'm sure it's as obvious and likely that Leica make glass for Canon as it > is > Canon make glass for Nikon. Or Pentax make glass for Minolta. The people > involved would all consider it an insult. > > > Mark Rabiner > Photography > Portland Oregon > http://rabinergroup.com/ > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > -- Nathan Wajsman Almere, The Netherlands General photography: http://www.nathanfoto.com Seville photography: http://www.fotosevilla.com Stock photography: http://www.alamy.com/search-results.asp?qt=wajsman http://myloupe.com/home/found_photographer.php?photographer=507 Prints for sale: http://www.photodeluge.com