Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2011/05/18
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Yup. According to the first 6 pages on "google" there are a lot of lookie-loos saying "that's an insane price for a camera." There are a very few reviews. I think 2 serious user reviews. Other than that, I'm still looking for "the entire photographic community's" respect. People are watching it closely like people watch a Lamborghini Murcielago drive by. After looking for about 10 minutes I can't find a single photographer who uses the S2. Maybe my search criteria are wrong though. It's a nice camera but like Frank said, it's a niche product in a new market for Leica. It will have far less staying power than the R system and could possibly have less than the DMR. Sure, it's serious but it might not quite hit the mark when Phase One backs for existing film cameras are getting cheaper and better at the same rate or faster than Leica's R&D. I hope it works but looking at the company's history with new products outside the M line, I'm afraid it may become a bastard child. The 21st century M5 but with the digital caveat of being usurped by a hotter, younger model by any other manufacturer in less than a year. Phil Forrest -----Original Message----- >From: Mark Rabiner <mark at rabinergroup.com> >Sent: May 18, 2011 3:47 AM >To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> >Subject: Re: [Leica] Leica M9P or M9.2 or M10 > >There's this new thing on the internet it's called "Google" and you can find >out what a lot of people are thinking about certain subjects real quick. >And they're not all smoking stuff. >The S Leica system has the respect of the entire photographic community. >People who've never looked at Leica anything are watching it closely. > >Mark > > >-------------------- >Mark William Rabiner >Photography >http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/lugalrabs/ >mark at rabinergroup.com >Cars: http://tinyurl.com/2f7ptxb > > > > >> From: Frank Filippone <red735i at earthlink.net> >> Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> >> Date: Tue, 17 May 2011 22:11:19 -0700 >> To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> >> Subject: Re: [Leica] Leica M9P or M9.2 or M10 >> >> Stop smoking that stuff... it is making you crazy...... >> >> They will go broke making it for a tiny number of amateur users or they >> will >> discontinue it and piss off their actual users. >> >> Either way they will lose....waste of time, opportunity, and money.. >> >> Just like the S1. >> >> My opinion, YMMV >> >> Frank Filippone >> Red735i at earthlink.net >> >> ....S system I think its brilliant and will prove itself over time and be >> one of the many choices Leica has made in the past decade which will make >> it one of the top camera companies again. >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > >_______________________________________________ >Leica Users Group. >See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information