[Leica] Leica officially announced Thambar 2.2/90

[Dan Khong]

Dear Uncle Ted et al

I suspect Leica is playing the game in two arms. One arm serves the serious
photographers like you (and a little less for me) plus others who are into
using real cameras and lenses for taking real pictures.

The other arm is to cater for the brainless and mindless buffoons with deep
pockets who have little idea of what photography is all about but what
matters to them are bragging rights and to show off their expensive
collectible hardware at dinner parties, social functions and director's
meetings. So that explains why Leica makes limited edition, gold plated
zombies, and now Thambar lenses that takes pictures achievable with $50
Diana lenses. So let's say after making and selling about 500 pieces of
Thambars, they stop production. Then these 500 pieces become rare
collectibles and the price can shoot up to at least $9999.

So while you and I might still be laughing at and criticizing these
mindless buffoons, they would have resold, made money and laughing all
their way to their banks.

Seriously speaking, Leica lenses have either held value or appreciated over
the long run. Only real brainless and mindless buffoons buy one Leica
camera after another that depreciates over time.

That is all that I have to say.

Dan K.
Singapore



On Wed, Oct 18, 2017 at 3:03 PM, Ted Grant <tedgrant at shaw.ca> wrote:

> OK RAB BABY I'M WITH YOU ABOUT ALL THIS "THUMBAR crap"!
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> Anyone who requires a "s0ft focus"? photograph is already into dumb-ass
> nonsense!
> What I can't understand is? Here is LEICA all these years extolling the
> fantastic sharpness and crispness of the LEICA lenses and then they come
> out with a piece of crap called the "THUMBAR LENS????" Yep maybe for the
> odd "portrait photog?" HECK do I want a soft'misty look? I'll just give a
> very slight smear of Vaseline!
> What is happening in Germany is"The head guys know they're going into the
> dump bucket because they are still living in the'30's?????????? WHEN THEY
> WERE STILL DOING VERY WELL IN SELLING TO THE WORKING TRIBES OF NEWS AND
> PHOTOJOURNALISTS! TODAY? THEY ARE GOING INTO THE CRAP BUCKET!!!!!:-(
> WHY???????????
> UNFORTUNATELY DUE TO THE CAMERA MARKET AROUND THE WORLD PRODUCING "CAMERAS
> FOR TODAY! AT A PRICE GENERAL PHOTOGRAPHERS OF TODAY CAN'T AFFORD!
> Economically as of these past years? Camera's/LEICA's have been far more
> for the "super rich" of the profession?" Or wealthy folks of the world!
> We on the outside of the elites of the world?
> The big time leica CAMERA/maker owners "DO NOT LISTEN TO US" Many of us
> who've used Leica's almost since the early '50's OR EARLIER until today.
> Me? Not one LEICA @ a time!
> However, quite often 3 M's hanging around my neck on my chest! Yes up to
> date models every time new versions came to market. Plus 2 slr's and motors
> on my left shoulder and another on my right shoulder and all 6 cameras with
> various lenses!
> Of course not on every assignment, but most Olympics, winter and summer,
> professional football & many years in the operating rooms of Canada,across
> the USA, with a fair number in the USSR while creating my books about the
> medical profession in the operating & recovery rooms of hospitals!!
> Sorry for my rambling! But as I see LEICA AND THEIR DUMB ASS EXECUTIVES
> destroying LEICA as the great camera machines we've all used many many
> years? I've just become absolutely ticked off with their modern day
> stupidity!
>  A "THUMBAR LENS?" They'd be better off making lenses for the IPHONE! Or
> the complete I CAMERAS! Simply because photography is going to continue to
> advance until the IPHONE becomes the camera of complete communication!
> OH YOU DON'T BELEIVE ME??????
> OK just sit back and watch for the LEICA IPHONE??
> A somewhat distraught old LEICA photojournalist!
> CHEERS,
> Dr.Ted Grant O.C.
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