Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2013/05/21
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On Tue, 21 May 2013 Nathan Wajsman <photo at frozenlight.eu>wrote: >I walked from my hotel to the Holborn Tube station this morning, and on the >way, as is my habit, I stopped by RG Lewis on Southampton Row, one of >London's best-known Leica >dealers. I have been coming in his shop for at >least 10 years, and usually we have a chat. This time he was telling about >his woes with the new M 240. He has one in the shop, a >demo. Since they >were introduced, he has received and sold 7, all of which have been >recalled for the lug issue. He was utterly frustrated about the fact that >there simply no new >Leica product to sell--the M is vaporware, the ME >also, the M9 is discontinued, so for anyone wanting to buy a new Leica M >the options are very limited. He told me of another >dealer, in Mayfair, >that is having cash flow problems--not having product to sell and paying >Mayfair rents is a deadly combination. >And to top it off, Leica is being extremely arrogant towards its dealers, >basically telling them to just be happy they are Leica dealers and to shut >up. >Conclusion: brilliant products, lousy customer relations and even worse >communications skills. ><http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/belgiangator/misc/390823669_759797.jpg.html> >Cheers, >Nathan =========================================================================================================================================== With all these tales of woe about availability and lens calibration concerns, etc., etc., my desire for a digital M is ebbing away. I know I has a way smaller sensor, but after handling a Fuji X10, I think I would like to have a Fiji X20. When I tried the X10, it felt like a smaller M. It seemed like camera I would always keep with me, and the X20 has better features. I wouldn't need to carry other lenses and I'm guessing I wouldn't have to worry about sensor dust. The X100S appeals too, with its APS-C sensor, but I don't like being limited to the 35mm equivalent focal length. Too wide for me. Alan Alan Magayne-Roshak, Senior Photographer University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Photo Services (Retired) UPAA POY 1978 amr3 at uwm.edu http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Alan+Magayne-Roshak/ "All the technique in the world doesn't compensate for an inability to notice. " - Elliott Erwitt