[Leica] Ten years behind? I think not.

[feli at creocollective.com (Feli di Giorgio)]

On Wed, 2004-05-05 at 11:51, B. D. Colen wrote:
> Again, Feli - don't get me wrong - If the R8/9 works for you, as it
> obviously does for many on this list, including Ted Grant among others,
> then it's the right camera for you. I got into this as a discussion of
> Leica products/marketing. In terms of marketing today, the R line is a
> loser, not matter how superb it may be as a manual focus SLR. A
> company's saying they make the best manual focus SLR with 'okay' flash
> capability for $2K, plus how much more for a medium speed motor, is like
> a company's saying they make the best black and white 21 inch t.v. out
> there - it may be true, but the market's pretty damn limited. 
> 
> B. D.
> -----Original Message-----

I'm not really disagreeing with you. Forget about 4.5 fps vs 8 fps, simply
the lack of autofocus makes the R series DOA with 90% of PJ's. 

Feli