Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/02/16
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]There are a number of hints from Dr Kaufmann implying a cheaper M mount camera, not to supplant the M8 though. Leica does share with Matsushita as we know. Certainly possible Leica may market a version. I can't speak about other countries but here Panasonic has thus far positioned their four thirds products to be too expensive. Technically clever certainly. But the G1 for example is almost twice the price of the Olympus E420. That makes no sense to me. I do think that micro four thirds is a logical development. For any future M, an optical finder with a different frame-line system I can understand. An EVF like the G1 horrifies me personally. In my opinion a G1 with red dot (? la the D-Lux and C-Lux) will not appeal to traditional Leica customers. But a smaller M mount camera priced lower than the M8 may well do. 2009/2/17 Lawrence Zeitlin <lrzeitlin@optonline.net> > > On Feb 16, 2009, at 8:33 Geoff wrote: > > Kaufman: What would happen if we were to reinvent >> the viewfinder, moving beyond just optical? What if an automatic lens >> recognition mode were capable of always displaying the corresponding >> frame? >> > > Looks like Panasonic beat you to it with the G1. Why not just affix the > Leica red dot to the Panasonic G1 camera the way Leica did with Fuji and > older Panasonics. Call it the M9 Junior. > > Larry Z > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > -- Cheers Geoff 'Licence to Chill'