Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/02/13
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]> From: Emanuel-Temp_Lowi@READERSDIGEST.COM > Date: Thu, 12 Feb 1998 14:36:02 -0500 > Subject: Re: [Leica] M7 wish lists > >Why all the fuss? Even Leitz, 30 years (give or take) after >introducing their screwmount camera, saw fit to launch a photographic >revolution by releasing the M3. They chucked most of their old >technology and styling and gave the world a much better, faster- >operating, more versatile, and stunningly modern camera. Anyone still >complaining about that? They released the IIIG to satisfy their then- >aging loyal clientel, but won a whole new and very influential market >with the M-cameras. They changed photography. >I, for one, have faith that they could do it all again if only people >would permit the brains at Solms to let the creative juices flow and >stretch the boundaries of 35mm once more. I sometimes wonder whether >the naysayers just don't believe that Leica can get it right in the >'90s. Who, then, are the truly faithful acolytes? Those who revere only >the past, or those who also yearn for future glories? Very well said, I hope that Leica listens to the whishes of FUTURE customers.