Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2014/04/24
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]phillppe, the panasonic lenses use panasonic technology with leica supervision on the optic design, ------------------------------------- regards, mehrdad On Thu, Apr 24, 2014 at 9:42 AM, <philippe.amard at sfr.fr> wrote: > > De : "mehrdad " <msadat at gmail.com> > A : "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org> > Copie ? : > Sujet : Re: [Leica] Leica T Pricing > > > when looking at leica , we should not talk about pricing. it will always > be > the most expensive camera in the class, AF is also a new venture for leica > > > NO, the 4/3 lenses they designed circa 2005 had excellent AF capabilities > - press, snap into focus and done - on top of first rate IOS BTW > > > Philippe > > > > > > so the Leica T mark ii will be faster. leica is about lenses, they make the > best glass bar none, (closely followed by fuji and olympus). i wonder what > will happen the X line. > > ------------------------------------- > regards, mehrdad > > > On Thu, Apr 24, 2014 at 8:23 AM, H&ECummer wrote: > > > Hi Luggers, > > Well the pricing is interesting. About US$4,200 for the body, the 18 - 56 > > zoom and the viewfinder. > > Over on the Leica forum there is some chatter about how affordable that > is > > in Leica terms. Andreas, who had a set > > for pre- release testing, admitted that the AF wasn't much for moving > > objects. By comparison > > the Fuji T X 1 with the 18 - 55 zoom is US$1,700 and it has hybrid > > focusing modes which lets > > one take pictures like this using the Fuji 55 - 200 zoom. > > > > < > > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Howard+Cummer/Tanza2014/Vulturefightw.jpg.html > > > > > > > I think I'll pass even though I admit the design is very clean. > > > > Howard > > > > _______________________________________________ > > 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 > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >