[Leica] Hassy and Pentax are SOLD!

[richard at imagecraft.com (Richard Man)]

Well, Frank, I agree with the M8 assessment, and probably for a relatively
modest investment, they could get rid of that pesky magenta problem and
leave everything else much the same and release it as...

Oh, never mind, we went through that before. No M8.3!

On Fri, Jul 1, 2011 at 10:41 AM, Frank Filippone <red735i at 
earthlink.net>wrote:

> Personally, I think maybe we got a good deal in Kaufmann.  At least the
> crazy talk has stopped ( see M8 forever upgrades).
>
> OTOH, there is that pesky S2 camera that sucked resources from a R
> camera...
> ( My thoughts on both the S2 and the Digi-R are well on record, so no going
> there).
>
> Kaufmann has been good in new product intros.....M9, S2 ( not my cuppa),
> and
> lenses.
>
> I think the best USED buy out there in Leica Cameras is the M8.  Why?  The
> M8 is a sleeper.  Digi-M at a price point of $2K.  Not a bad deal when the
> only real alternative is $7K.  Yes, the sensor is smaller; yes, the WA
> lenses I love are not as wide in FOV; yes, there is that menu thing....
>  But
> overall, how else can you get into a direct digital M without spending your
> life's savings?  ( remember, I am a retired amateur.. there is NO ROI for
> an
> amateur.  There is only alternative ways to save or spend money.)
>
> I am not in tune with the Lux line of Leicas.... the P+S versions .  But I
> guess they produce revenue and presumably profit, without sucking away
> R+D....that is good.
>
> Lenses?  A lot of new intros in the past few years....  All good lenses.
> Prices have outstripped my means, so used lenses are my main source of
> "new"
> optics.    New lens intros means folks are parting with their "old"
> lenses.....  and they come up on the market for sale pretty reasonably.  So
> it meets my needs.
>
> Yes, I think Kaufmann has been pretty good for Leica..... at least for
> me....
>
> Frank Filippone
> Red735i at earthlink.net
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: lug-bounces+red735i=earthlink.net at leica-users.org
> [mailto:lug-bounces+red735i=earthlink.net at leica-users.org] On Behalf Of
> Douglas Sharp
> Sent: Friday, July 01, 2011 8:31 AM
> To: Leica Users Group
> Subject: Re: [Leica] Hassy and Pentax are SOLD!
>
> Yes, they seem to have a portfolio that could let them do almost anything
> imaginable in high-end digital and optical technology.
>
> Maybe THEY should have acquired Leica;-)
>
> Cheers
> Douglas
>
> On 01.07.2011 17:17, Frank Filippone wrote:
> > They already list Hasselblad in their portfolio.....
> >
> > They specialize in owning  specialty high end technology companies.
> > Machine vision, PCB manufacture, raw glass optical maker, wind turbine
> blades, etc.
> >
> > Not a consumer brand holding company.
> >
> > Frank Filippone
> > Red735i at earthlink.net
> >
> > The new owners are the Swiss venture capital firm Ventizz Capital
> > Partners
> >
> > http://www.ventizz.de/en/
> >
> >
> >
> >
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