Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1997/02/22
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I'm not a collector, however I think Leica's nod to the collector's interest is good for everyone. A quick tally of the numbers of user M6's produced vs collector versions will no doubt show the bulk of production is for the user with the collector stuff subsidizing that production. Let's face it, the 35mm market (P&S excepted) isn't what it once was. Worse, many people who buy the "good stuff" seem enamored by whatever's the latest model. Never mind that camera bodies have little impact on the quality of an image: Read the Nikon digest, or get on a service like CompuServe and read the messages from all those photographers who are replacing their F4's, N90's, etc. with F5's. A Leica M is a niche camera. It's not suitable for many applications. To a certain extent, the applications for which it is suitable (like street photography) can and are performed with SLR's. More power to the collectors if they keep Leica producing M systems. Roger Suppona > The answer is obvious: The collectors market is more > interesting than the users. I also wonder why Leica are > so fond of the red logo on their cameras? I think it is > because they want to create an easily identified > prestige image for their brand. -Look, I can afford a > Leica (I am succesful in life)! As a user, I dislike the > logo, as it makes it easy to identify me as a person > waiting to be robbed. So, I have always put a black tape > on the logo. > >