Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/02/25
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Ok Fair enough you may like the least number of features but whould have been wrong with introducing an M6e along with the M6 in 84. We're not talking about a multimode auto everything body, just an aperture preferred camera with manual override speeds. Javier Feliciano di Giorgio wrote: > > >Javier Perez wrote: > > IMHO to pay the 2000+ that it will probably > > cost isto reward a company for not innovating or progressing > > in more than 30 years. How many of you remember the first > > functional autofocus camera? It was a Leica. What > > happened! > > Javier > > Somehow I have the feeling that if Leica came out with a auto-everything > camera, like the Hexar or G2, the Leica legions would be massing in > front of the gates of the Solms factory with pitchforks and torches > like the villagers in a Frankenstein movie. > > I had the oppertunity to spend some time with a G2 and it's not my cup > of tea. Too many buttons and gadgets to get in the way. And that's > coming from a guy who makes his living in digital imaging. I can stomach > the electronic shutter (although you will have pry my M2 and M6 from my > cold, dead fingers), because they kept the electronics transparent and > in spirit it's basicly the same camera with a built in crutch if you > need it. > > I think Leica falls in the same category as Linhof. If it ain't broken, > don't fix it. The Technika has changed marginaly since WWII, yet it > still is the benchmark for cameras of it's type. If you add > auto-everything to an M it will be a beast of a different kind. If you > want that kind of camera, Konika and Contax have been making them for > 5-10 years. > > feli > > ________________________________________________________________________ > > When your head is full of dust and tofu it's easy to smile all the time. > -Ethan Ormsby > ________________________________________________________________________ > Feli di Giorgio * Compositing Supervisor > feli@d2.com * DIGITAL DOMAIN * (310) 314-2800 ext.3074 > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Sports - Coverage of the 2002 Olympic Games http://sports.yahoo.com - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html