Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/06/23
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Gene, That is the story throughout most of the world. Conjecture on my part is that Nikon and Canon especially have reached critical mass for DSLR's. Meaning that a true amateur might end up with a Pentax, Olympus, of Minolta; but anyone who has done research and wants to fit in(notice the logical argument) would buy anything but Canon or Nikon. Exception to this rule would be the large number of Pentax lovers who will buy the brand because of lens compatibility, price, size, and feature set. So, unless the Alpha and the Olympus new models truly walk on water and take pictures of Aliens and Angeline J's new baby then they will suffer the fate of the Olympus and Minolta SLR's which is abandonment and discontinuation. Even the Japanese companies will no longer continue a line that loses money in perpetuity. On the other hand Canon especially and Nikon as well can not build their models fast enough. Don don.dory@gmail.com On 6/23/06, Grduprey@aol.com <Grduprey@aol.com> wrote: > > In a message dated 6/21/2006 5:03:14 PM Central Daylight Time, > bdcolen@comcast.net writes: > Boy, is that the truth. The B mode is nice to have for macro work, or > perhaps for formal portraiture. But the A, real-time live view is what > makes the E330 special. So all the Panisonic really has is a truly crappy > viewfinder, analogue controls, and a 'Leica' lens? No wonder Olympus was > willing to license the technology to them. ;-) > > > The really sad thing is our local Oly dealer can't give them away. But > the > D200's and 30D's are flying off the shelves. > > Gene > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >