Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/09/04
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]more Gourmet than Gourmand - Ruben ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jerry Lehrer" <jerryleh@pacbell.net> To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> Sent: Thursday, March 18, 2004 7:05 PM Subject: Re: [Leica] Now Feinschm?cher, Digilux 2 review pt posted - many samples > Jim > > It also means "GOURMET". > > Jerry > > Jim Hemenway wrote: > > > Thank you... I couldn't get a translation on http://world.altavista.com/ > > > > Philippe Orlent wrote: > > > 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 > > > > > > > -- > > > > Jim - http://www.hemenway.com > > > > -- > > 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 -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html