Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/09/25
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On Sep 25, 2008, at 11:39 AM, Philippe AMARD wrote:
> On Sep 25, 2008, at 12:38 PM, red735i@earthlink.net wrote:
>
>>> R10 required.
>>
> Lottermoser George wrote:
>
>> perfect
>
> Agreed - hence the frustration of R owners, hence R lovers ; what
> we got was qualms and near disillusion.....
disillusioned is it...
for the R people that have stood by Leica for years...
they have been jettisoned (at least for the moment...)
frustrated...yes
patient ...yes
so what do we do?
I bought an R6
Steve
> ., not to say more.
> <>- I think M users/owners etc. should feel overwhelmed with the
> latest offerings - try and buy, and USE the whole lot of wonderful
> lenses before the next Photokina starts ... what a smashing
> offering it is. Wonderful ! I sometimes wish my eye was M educated.
> - The S line is geared towards pros and newly rich (wealthy?)
> Chinese and Russian (would be ?) "photographers". Not us, the US or
> European laymen I'm afraid - so I don't really feel included in the
> collapsing pack.
> Yet, I'd love to have, and USE one for sure.
> What's money got to do with it ??? Nothing! And so much!
>
> As a very, VERY, long time Leica admired, then a later user (1971),
> I DO feel frustated at Leica('s) not coming up with the RnD/SLd that
> I had expected.
>
> I think I'll use my money elsewhere now. Could anyone wait longer?
> And I fully agree with Ted that we can't live on dreams forever- Ted
> is an expert and knows dreams are about politics I guess. He's so
> right.
> What some of us on the list need is stuff that performs as we expect
> it to, and deliver the final pix, yes pix, that we saw.
>
> Leica has been and still is the best in so many respects (ISO?).
> Yet, in spite of sponsoring an Austrian orchestra, they may not be
> that good at putting the whole picture into music, particularly
> about the R line, what a mess if you look back over the years...
>
> This is my final comment on this thread.
> Bien cordialement, amicalement, and without pretention
>
> (So sorry) Phx (without an SL-D, or even an R9.2-d, or better a DMR
> Mk II)
>
>
> PS: Oh yes, to answer the question in the subject line: I sold an R3
> MOT and winder three weeks ago (to a fellow who wanted to go Leica -
> good guy), and I bought an R lens last week ( I still have faith in
> what I can get from Leica).
> So the question is about buying a new Leica body; at once Sir, were
> it an SLd, or R10 - yet to be born ... if it is a Leica, and Lehman
> compatible .... Gr?sse aus Frankreich.
>
>
>
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