Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/09/29
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Kodak is making a very high-end digital SLR based on Nikon parts. They have previously made or helped make very high-end digital SLRs based on Nikon and Canon cameras. Perhaps there is some opportunity here. Kodak does not seem to be picky. Maybe the Panasonic partnership may eventually result in a digital R. Who knows? Mike D Nathan Wajsman wrote: > We do not know what is going on behind closed doors at Solms, but it > seems pretty clear that Leica simply does not have the size and > resources to develop a digital R or M camera on its own. That is why its > two previous forays into digital (disregarding the S1 or whatever it was > called) have been in partnership with Fuji and Panasonic, respectively. > When and if a digital R camera comes, it will have to be essentially a > rebadged Nikon or Canon with a Leica lens on it. Longer term, I am > convinced that if Leica is to survive, it will have to be acquired by > one of the big camera makers, where it will serve two functions: > > 1) It will provide optical expertise to the rest of the group of which > it will now be a part; > > 2) It will serve as the luxury division, continuing to sell the M line > to those who want this type of camera. Not too dissimilar from what we > see in the auto industry, where most of the old luxury brands are now > owned by the mainstream companies (e.g. Jaguar is part of Ford etc.). > > Nathan > > Steve Huntley wrote: > > Yes, it's a big disappointment Leica hasn't produced a digital SLR. > > This is the company that invented 35 mm photography, yet one gets the > > feeling that Leica is on the verge of missing the digital revolution > > just like it missed the SLR revolution in the early 1960s. > > > > Steve > > > > - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html