Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/02/07
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]But most working top photogs don't use M9s or Leicas at all. they use Canons, Nikons, Mamiyas and Hasselblads. Sure, a few folks do use Leicas, but for the most part, the marque is one that is kept going by affluent hobbyists. If Leica relied on professional photographers alone, they would have been gone by the 1970s. It's not pessimism, it's more realism. Phil Forrest On Wed, 08 Feb 2012 01:51:05 -0500 Mark Rabiner <mark at rabinergroup.com> wrote: > Except for the fact that the M system and Leica are both doing very > well. And will probably as time goes by be doing even better. > Digital did not kill Leica. The M8 kept it going and the M9 improved > on it by quite a bit. The M9.5 or 10 will be I'm sure another giant > step up and will sell like hotcakes including to top photogs. > Such pessimism has no grounds in reality. >