Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/10/07
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Pascal, Having written the report, I felt I placed as much emphasis as seemed fair on Leica's statements about digital development. 1 They've created the S1 and learnt some lessons, i.e. don't provide what the market doesn't need or want 2 Technology changes quickly and they're aware the future is going to be largely digital. 3 They were reassured that the LUG profile welcomed the concept of a digital M-camera. I admit they didn't develop the last statement to include the R series but I certainly didn't get the impression that they were ignoring it, merely that their efforts had been concentrated elsewhere of late. Jem - ----- Original Message ----- From: Pascal <cyberdog@attglobal.net> > > However, while there have been some questions and hints on a digital > route, I took from the report -if it's accurate enough on that issue- > that Leica is of course not dismissing a digital future (how could they) > but I didn't notice a firm commitment either (for whatever reasons: lack > of R&D money, lack of interested 3rd parties, willingness, ...). > So, in the final analysis, what they did amounted to showing just enough > interest in digital, to not displease the current R users and keep them > going, but without any firm commitment at all for the future. > > Pascal > NO ARCHIVE > > --------- > Visit my photo pages at http://members.xoom.com/cyberplace > --------- > <<< PGP public key available upon request >>> >