Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/09/16
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]>>>>>>>>>> There are currently a number of diatribes on this list and its companion (the LEG) about the lack of features of M cameras, the price level as it is and compared to delivered engineering quality, the loss of manufacturing quality as compared to previous models and so on. And of course the elusive topic of 'bad management' as "they' do not produce what 'we' want and demand. <<<<<<<<<< Some of us offer constructive criticism because we care about Leica. Because we recognize the lenses as the finest available for 35 mm photography, bar none, but maybe find the vehicles to mount those lenses on to be unnecessarily limited. I handled a Hexar RF today for the first time. A very, very nice vehicle for Leica lenses. So is the M6. It's nice to have alternatives. >>>>>>>>>> A Null-series camera is most obviously not targeted at the sports reporter for the Olympics. It is for the person who wishes to rediscover the style of photography of the early twenties and is fascinated by it. It makes sense to manufacture a camera body that forces one to do some thinking before making a picture. <<<<<<<<<< Baloney! It's a collector's camera. If Leica created a special edition M6 wrapped in blue fabric from the Gap, stained, and engraved with Monica Lewinsky's portrait, it would be bought by the same people who will buy most of these Null-series camera.