[Leica] 6 weeks with an M8 in Iran

[hoppyman at bigpond.net.au (G Hopkinson)]

My favourite quotes from an interview with Steven K Lee (Leica CEO) in the 
May/June LFI
One for you R guys and some for M folk.

(Mr Lee discussing the current model range with reference to their business 
model)
"Take the Leica R system: the R crowd are the most die-hard Leica fans of 
all. I have a Leicaflex SL, R4, R4s, R4s2, R5, two R7s and
six lenses. I'm a die-hard Leicaflex guy and a serious fan of the Leica R. 
<snip> There's more R experience to be had. The R is a
manual focus camera, so we've got to do something about that The R of today 
is a big camera with an add-on digital back. We've got
to do something about that too!"

Mr Lee
"If you're thinking of M lenses, yes, we'll always be making M lenses of 
many interesting varieties, because we're basically built
for making M lenses <snip> The Leica M is the heart and soul of the 
business" <snip>
LFI "If you're talking about more cameras, are you talking about more Ms, 
different Ms or something completely different?"
Mr Lee
I'm talking about more Ms, more of other products and something completely 
different too!"

I'm going all misty eyed now at the thought of all of this new hardware 
materialising.

Cheers
Hoppy
LLUG Leica publicist and president of speculation.




 


-----Original Message-----
I'm guessing the R-10 will hit next Photokina, one of the reasons I want to 
be there next year. ;-)

Gene

-------------- Original message from Mark Rabiner <mark@rabinergroup.com>: 
-------------- 


> > Mark, 
> > 
> > Hi, I guess today has not been my day, as I have been in a BLACK MOOD 
> > all day. 
> > Don't know why, probably just got out of bed on the wrong side. ;-) Yes 
> > the 
> > M8 is a great camera, I have one and love it myself. I read the article 
> > some 
> > months ago, and it does indeed give a good report on it. But then since 
> > it 
> > was given to him to use there is always the thought of just how much 
> > sugar 
> > coating he did. However, since I have had mine I have been very 
> > satisfied 
> > with my purchase and no problems what so ever, and the firmware upgrades 
> > have 
> > indeed fixed many early bugs. 
> > 
> > Don't know if it will prove to be a solid working tool, or a rich man's 
> > toy 
> > either. However the evidence so far does indeed point to the M8 being a 
> > real 
> > working tool. I know of at least one guy out there who is using it for 
> > wedding photography full time, I'm sure there are PJ's out there using 
> > it 
> > also. Certainly Tina, Ted and others here on the LUGare good examples of 
> > pro's using them regularly. 
> > 
> > Leica's next hurdle to get over, is to get caught up with demand on the 
> > M8 and 
> > lenses. They seem to have really been caught off guard in this respect, 
> > and 
> > it has hurt them in the customer service department. Maybe they should 
> > rehire 
> > some or all of the people they laid off a few years ago. They need to do 
> > this 
> > and be ready to handle demand increases better, Before the next camera 
> > (R-10?) 
> > intro so this kind of thing does not happen again. 
> > 
> > Gene 
> > 
> 
> 
> I have a google news page which is my home page on my browser pretty much. 
> 
> One of my custom news areas is of course "Leica". It searches for news 
> stories with that word in it. 
> Another is "Rabiner" another is "Nikon". 
> Another is "Adobe CS3" 
> 
> You get peoples Blogs like its big news from a major metropolitan 
> newspaper. 
> Fighting a never ending batter for truth, justice..... 
> I should have checked the date - thought it was just out. 
> But really was not aware of them recycling old news. 
> 
> I find something touted by our Ted and Tina very impressive and 
> convincing. 
> I told some of my friends when Ted finally gets an M8 then I get an M8. 
> I guess I lied. But my friends know I lie a lot. 
> I thought he'd wait another year perhaps. 
> 
> To me their next hurdle as I've said on the LUG a few times is to come out 
> with a DSLR. Their next watermark milestone or die kind of thing. 
> 
> Which, you read it here first, I predict they will do next month. 
> Mark the Greek says the odds are 1/480. 
> 
> In time for our holiday money spending. 
> When we should be praying. 
> 
> Oh I see you mention the R10. 
> We agree. 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Mark William Rabiner 
> rabinergroup.com 
> 
> 
> 
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