Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/02/08
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]They don't use M9's but the words still out on M9.5's or M10's. I cant see any reason why they cant get a competitive sensor with what people are used to in today's DSLR'S. Are they going to refuse to sell them to them? They next generation M's could get the Magnum kind of people working with them again. -- Mark R. http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/lugalrabs/winterdays/ > From: Philip Forrest <photo.forrest at earthlink.net> > Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> > Date: Wed, 8 Feb 2012 02:23:54 -0500 > To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> > Subject: Re: [Leica] Leica M10 > > 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. >> > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information