Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2013/09/01
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]The new Hasselblad Stellar makes any decision made by any camera maker seem brilliant by comparison. Jeffery On Sep 1, 2013, at 7:25 PM, Doug Herr <wildlightphoto at earthlink.net> wrote: > John McMaster wrote: > >>>> > What would be the business reason for Sony to bring out a new camera range > but expect people to be using non-Sony lenses? It may be a by-product, > like Fuji X, but not a primary reason unless Sony really want to burn > money..... > <<< > > I don't claim to know what Sony has in mind, but recalling Leica's > strategy with the S system before there was a good range of lenses > available, Leica made adapters to fit other-brand lenses on the S bodies. > > It's a strategy to get a foot in the door. You can't sell lenses if > people don't have a body to put them on, and adapters to fit existing > lenses to the body make it easier to buy into the system. If I had a > sh!tload of N or C lenses and balked at the idea of replacing those lenses > with equivalent E-mount lenses which may or may not be available, I could > buy just the body and adapter, use my existing lenses, and replace lenses > over time as irresistible new E-mount toys became available. > > Doug Herr > Birdman of Sacramento > http://www.wildlightphoto.com > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information