Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/01/22
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Thanks, Karen - And that brings me back to my alternative suggestion (and I realize all of this is simply LUG masturbatory nonsense to create a little heat in the midst of a hideous NE coldwave :-)) - and that would be for Leica to start advertising its R lenses and the fact that adapters are available to mount them on Canon and Nikon bodies - feature long-time Leica glass users, with one of their images - touting them - "It's the glass, stupid." :-) -----Original Message----- From: lug-bounces+bdcolen=earthlink.net@leica-users.org [mailto:lug-bounces+bdcolen=earthlink.net@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of Karen Nakamura Sent: Friday, January 21, 2005 8:20 PM To: Leica Users Group Subject: RE: [Leica] Doomed: Leica MP 0.58x At 0:59 PM -0500 05.1.21, B. D. Colen wrote: >Ah, but wouldn't Leica be ahead of the game working out a deal with >Canon, where by Canon would get some sort of licensing fee for each >lens sold in a working Canon mount? Canon won't license to the EF mount to anyone. Don't ask. It's just the way they do things. Karen Canon intern a bazillion years ago Karen Nakamura http://www.photoethnography.com/ClassicCameras/ http://www.photoethnography.com/blog/ -- _______________________________________________ Leica Users Group. See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information