Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/11/26
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]You are absolute right, Feli - For the price Leica is charging for part of a camera, and for all the marketing hype about Leica quality, not wanting to release a digital product that does not match Leica standards, etc., of course I wouldn't be satisfied with a product that doesn't at least match the EOS Mark II in quality. And why should anyone paying that kind of money for a digital back for a manual focus Leica SLR be satisfied with images that don't at least match, if not exceed, the best on the market. To be perfectly frank, anyone who does accept lesser quality from Lecia is putting the lie to all the rhetoric about the importance of Leica quality and waiting for Leica digital so that they could get the best out of their Leica lenses. No, I don't expect them to leapfrog Canon and all, but if, working with Imacon, a leading manufacturer of 2 1/4 digital backs, they can't at least match the high-end Canons and Nikons, they can't match the best digital 35s, they don't deserve to survive. Waiting for them to fall flat on their faces? No. Expecting them to? I'll be pleasantly surprised if they don't, and I'll be happy for my friends who have waited for this project to reach completion. What you really ought to ask yourself is why, other than enjoying watching Greg Lorenzo have a hissy fit, I'd care one way or another how this or any other Leica project turns out. After all, my name isn't Leitz; I don't own stock in the company; I have no connection to companies that are competing with Leica. Frankly, Feli, I am simply an owner and user of Leica M equipment who is observing this drama play out. Unlike a number of you, I have absolutely no emotional investment in the outcome - one way or the other. I just find all the nonsensical heated comments about it amusing. -----Original Message----- From: lug-bounces+bdcolen=earthlink.net@leica-users.org [mailto:lug-bounces+bdcolen=earthlink.net@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of feli Sent: Wednesday, November 24, 2004 7:13 PM To: Leica Users Group Subject: Re: [Leica] digital R question On Nov 24, 2004, at 11:01 AM, B. D. Colen wrote: > Come on, Feli - Baby steps in 1999, perhaps, but in 2004 these look > like > badly crippled geriatric steps. ;-) Yes B.D. Baby steps for a company that has so far only produced analog gear. Are you seriously expecting Leica to leapfrog Canon el all? By Leica standards this is a big step. But frankly I don't think there is anything they could do to satisfy you, short of coming out with something as advanced as a 1ds II. And then you would probably complain that they merely matched the competition, instead of leapfrogging them. You obviously think they are a bunch of idiots and are waiting for them to fall flat on their face so you can say "told you so." Feli ________________________________________________________ feli2@earthlink.net 2 + 2 = 4 www.elanphotos.com _______________________________________________ Leica Users Group. See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information