Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2013/06/11
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Hey Chris, the Ancient M9 is not too bad either.... On Tue, Jun 11, 2013 at 1:36 PM, chris williams <zoeica at mac.com> wrote: > Oh just go create images! > > Leica has a M-E,Monochrom & M 240. Fucking hell that's a pretty good line > up. Who cares about the rest? > > > > Chris Williams > www.zoeicaimages.net > www.zoeica.com - blog > Washington DC & New Orleans > 504-231-6261 > > > > On Jun 11, 2013, at 2:30 PM, Mark Rabiner wrote: > > > Steve Huff mentioned in the first thing that he'd rather go out and get a > > Sony Cyber-shot DSC-RX1 full frame for roughly the same bucks. > > I certainly agree and I'm sure that opinion will end up being the > > consensus. > > Tests will show the pix coming out of the Sony wiping the smaller format > but > > same priced Leica right out of the water. > > > > Also the issue is which camera LOOKS more elegant > > And I think its a tossup. > > The Zeiss in front of the Sony is not so compact but is overwhelmingly > > GORGEOUS. As is its inner design. Making us feel as we could take a great > > shot of ANYTHING. with the images would prove us right. > > The glass in front of the Leicas is certainly not going to appeal to > > connsiouers of any ilk. And the people with the big bucks are gonna > wanna > > know what the people in the know in the photo department think before the > > pick out their latest classy photo neckwear. A lot of them. > > > > So we're going to have the company which makes the walkmans winning the > > compact camera war with the company which makes the best cameras. Leica. > > A huge thing for Sony. A huge not so good thing for Leica. > > > > Shooting with the Sony would be a far more exciting and rewarding > > experience. > > And this kind of thing should belong to Leica. > > Its like coming in second on purpose and having your pretending you won > > speech all written out ahead of time. > > "don't look at the camera behind the mirror" > > > > > > On 6/11/13 9:41 AM, "Ric Carter" <ric at cartersxrd.net> wrote: > > > >> sounds like a replay of my Leica Z2X > >> > >> which feels decidely unLeica > >> > >> ric > >> > >> > >> > >> On Jun 11, 2013, at 9:36 AM, Scott Gregory <scottgregory at mac.com> > wrote: > >> > >>> Mark I totally agree. What are they thinking? > >>> > >>> A total let down. > >>> > >>> > >>> Scott > >>> > >>> > >>> On 2013-06-11, at 9:30 AM, Mark Rabiner <mark at rabinergroup.com> > >>> wrote: > >>> > >>>> Putting a zoom on an X does not as Leica specifically stated put it > between > >>>> an M and an X. > >>>> it put it between an X and a Panasonic Lumix. > >>>> Super bad thinking on the part of Leica. > >>>> Not a step up from an X but two steps down. > >>>> The stock holders will be happy about the lowering of the Brand. > >>>> > >>>> Whenever the classic point and shoots, Contax T, Nikon T, Ricoh GR, > Minox 35 > >>>> finally sold out with a zoom model which of course brought in the big > bucks > >>>> from the idiot crowds they were widely ignored and reviled by the > >>>> connoisseurs; it was not good news. > >>>> A fast unobtrusive and elegant camera became slow and bulgy. > >>>> It was "time to make some money and pay some bills" news. > >>>> > >>>> Instead of a drum roll Leica needed to sneak this out with a whisper. > While > >>>> everyone was on vacation. > >>>> > >>>> ... A few of the famous film super compact 35's never came out in zoom > >>>> versions. The Rollei 35 was one and I think also the Minox 35. > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> On 6/11/13 9:01 AM, "Mark Rabiner" <mark at rabinergroup.com> wrote: > >>>> > >>>>> Very sad. > >>>>> They said it would be an M. > >>>>> but instead its an idiot X. > >>>>> for people with more money than sense. > >>>>> > >>>>> They will look like they are shooting with a real Leica. > >>>>> > >>>>> Normally a thing rushed out like this I'd not believe for a second > but the > >>>>> fact that he's giving the UPC code of the camera as 799429184308 and > the > >>>>> UPC > >>>>> code and price and code of all the accessories it does sound like a > non > >>>>> rumor. But a leak. And I'm fond of leaks now having seen the > Wikileaks > >>>>> movie. > >>>>> Or they are good at making up lists UPC numbers. > >>>>> I'm crossing my figures its a sick joke or a bad dream. > >>>>> > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > -- Regards, Sonny http://sonc.com/look/ Natchitoches, Louisiana USA