Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/09/16
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]>>>>> Date: Fri, 15 Sep 2000 13:24:58 -0400 From: "B. D. Colen" <bdcolen@earthlink.net> Subject: RE: [Leica] Re: Why are LTM versions so expensive Message-ID: <002701c01f39$df7d4660$6c0110ac@ccapr.com> References: IF there is a flaw in your logic, it is that such a move would, it seems to me, is the final surrender by Leica of the present, in order to return to the rosy glow of the past. To produce all lenses for 50 to 70-year-old bodies, while selling "adapters" so that the lenses - made for 50 to 70 year old bodies, can be "adapted" for use on modern bodies, strikes me as the company's saying "we are a producer of photographic historic artifacts for collectors, but we have cleverly come up with a way for serious modern photographers to make use of our collector's lenses." Best, B. D. <<<<< Quite apart from anything else, who wants these already quirky cameras to be even more gadget-like than they are already? As it is, you need accessory viewfinders for wide angles, bad enough. But add adapters just to mount the lenses?! Omygod! They'd be coming loose all the time, what a pain. It would make leica a laughing stock. Rob. Robert Appleby V. Bellentani 36 41100 MO Italy tel. (+39) 059 303436 mob. (+39) 0348 336 7990