Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/09/04
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Thanks gentlemen, I get the concept now. :-) Ruben wrote: > 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 > -- Jim - http://www.hemenway.com -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html