Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/09/04
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]feinscmecher means "gourmand", specialty brand. I think it writes Feinschm?cher correctly. Unless it's jiddisch, which has a lot of German influences. > From: Jim Hemenway <Jim@hemenway.com> > Reply-To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > Date: Thu, 18 Mar 2004 08:31:17 -0500 > To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > Subject: Re: [Leica] Digilux 2 review pt posted - many samples > > Ruben: > > What is the definition of feinscmecher? Does it mean odd? > > And, Mamiya is out of the pro market? I'm not certain that's true here > in the states. > > Jim - http://www.hemenway.com > > > Ruben wrote: >> Sam/Henning >> Would it have been possible to have 4 brands, canon, nikon, minolta and >> pentax + leica and contax compeeting for the professional market? If there >> is only sold one hundred 1200 mm.* tele optics a year and the same one >> hundred should be devided among 6 camera makers delivering goods for the >> pro >> market that would make sixteen pieces a year eacg and that would not give >> much back to the research/developement departments of these companys?! >> (*and likewise with T&SH lenses and other special lenses) >> Its happening with mediumformat to - Bronica, Yasica and Mamiya is out >> leaving the market to Rollie and Hasselblad and perhaps Fuji. There will >> be >> feinscmecher brands like Silvestri, Alpo and Lindhoff but they do not >> depend >> on their own lenses, so perhaps Minolta and Pentax did the right thing >> when >> then pulled out of the pro-market and instead was content with providing >> the >> amateurm arket with som really competent equipment? >> Anyway even Nikon is loosing terrain to Canon, so the future pro >> 35mm/11-14 >> Mpix market might just have one player left in a couple of years? - sad >> though >> >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Henning Wulff" <henningw@archiphoto.com> >> To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> >> Sent: Thursday, March 18, 2004 7:32 AM >> Subject: Re: [Leica] Digilux 2 review pt posted - many samples >> >> >> >>> At 7:26 PM -0500 3/17/04, Sam wrote: >>> >>>> I wonder if you can recall what was lacking in the XK system? It >>>> certainly was not an array of finders, screens, diopters, bulk film >>>> back, intravalometer, battery packs, motor drive, macro tubes, >>>> bellows, copy stand, or lenses from fish-eye to 500mm. Here is an >>>> early system map to help you remember: >> > > > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > > -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html