Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/05/11
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]If they can't express their views, then it's not "open." It's an exaggeration to state that they have "taken over" the list, so I take it that this remark was meant humorously. OTOH, if their views are not to your liking you can ignore them, no? On Fri, May 11, 2012 at 1:36 AM, Geoff Hopkinson <hopsternew at gmail.com>wrote: > Fair go guys! How did discussion of new Leica products get taken over by > an Occupy LUG movement? > I respect people's personal circumstances of course but in my view these > socio/political discussions don't belong in this open forum. > > Leica Camera announced some new products that are expensive and will only > sell to a niche market. > That ought to be a very familiar scenarion to all and despite whatever > economic conditions recently Leica Camera has done better than for many > years and is selling everything that they can make. In the case of M lenses > especially, into a long waiting list too. > > I'm unlikely to buy any M Monochrom but I can certainly see the appeal to > dedicated photographers such as Tina. > The new APO Summicron ASPH is a remarkable achievement too and yes the > price is very high indeed. > I'm looking forward to what their advances will mean for the next > generation M as well. Some may have noticed that Leica Camera has booked a > much larger area for the coming Photokina this time. I doubt that we've > heard of all of their new products announcements for 2012 yet either. > > > Cheers, > Geoff > http://www.pbase.com/hoppyman > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > -- -Lew S.