Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2013/01/15
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Le 15 janv. 13 ? 10:34, Mark Rabiner a ?crit : > The writing has been on the wall for a long time that the market for a > manual focus SLR system was not there. > Putting money into it was like > throwing money right out the window. Leica is not here to fulfill the > personal whims of the handful of people still interested in a manual > focus > SLR or DSLR system. Leica is there to stay in business and make > money . The > days of throwing money out the window are over. Companies have to make > products which sell. > The S system is going to sell. And its going to help put Leica back > in a > very strong position. A position of the camera company making the best > camera. And the S is in many ways the best camera for many > applications. > Things people used use a Hasselblad for. And still do. But not for > long. I > think the Digital Leica M and Monochrom will also thought of as "best > cameras" for plenty of applications not the same applications as the S > system. > Its not about you Marc. Its about a company that's back in the black > and > doing well very much because its not listening to this kind of > nonsense from > a small handful of loud egocentric crackpots..... Maintaining camera > systems > which just don't sell. > Well they know how to design and manufacture AF IOS D-varios, I have one. R users wanted to live in the present day. Leica dropped us. Period. Ph > > On 1/15/13 3:48 AM, "Marc Dufour" <foto at marcdufour.net> wrote: > >> Even with just half a brain, it's easy to verify Leica has >> disregarded >> thousands of long time R lenses users and lovers. >> It was much more than a small but solid market, and still >> appreciates these >> lenses, but doesn't care the present company, nor its >> future >> >> >> -----Mensaje original----- >> De: lug-bounces+foto=marcdufour.net at leica-users.org >> [mailto:lug-bounces+foto=marcdufour.net at leica-users.org] En nombre >> de Mark >> Rabiner >> Enviado el: martes, 15 de enero de 2013 5:11 >> Para: Leica Users Group >> Asunto: Re: [Leica] Untitled >> >> I don't think Leica has destroyed anything or lost anything it was >> obvious to >> anybody with half a brain that the transition to >> digital for a company like Leica was not going to be smooth. Its >> first outs >> did not have the luck of the Irish behind them it could >> have gone better but it just didn't. I think with the introduction >> of the >> Digital M and Monochrom Leica is solidly back on track >> and will win back its small but solid market slice just like it had >> in the >> 1980's and 90's. >> The Leica name is as str0ng as ever (brand) they are making money >> hand over >> fist making cameras as fast as they can and doing what >> appears to be solid Research and development. Then years ago they >> were being >> spoken of in the past tense. I'm looking forward to >> getting by M glass back going in the very near future and I doubt >> I'm the >> only one in that situation. >> >> By the way to those who complain about how new lenses have gone >> through the >> roof. You can still buy used Leica glass from the 90's, >> 80's, 70's, 60's, 40's maybe even 30's with range of price points >> matching up >> with a range of quality levels. >> >> >> On 1/13/13 9:45 AM, "Marc Dufour" <foto at marcdufour.net> wrote: >> >>> Leica has destroyed in few years a well-deserved prestige and lost >>> the >>> confidence of the most demanding photographers. >>> Almost a century of the best craftsmanship just wasted... by stupid >>> businessmen. Time to recover other values? >>> >>> Merci pour ton commentaire! >>> Et amiti?s, >>> Marc >> >> >> >> >> -- >> Mark William Rabiner >> Photography >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/lugalrabs/ >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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 > > > > > -- > Mark William Rabiner > Photography > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/lugalrabs/ > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information One sees clearly only with the heart. What is essential is invisible to the eye. Antoine de Saint Exup?ry in Le Petit Prince.