[Leica] Leica Solms LUG LHSA Buyout

[tedgrant at shaw.ca (Ted Grant)]

Scott McLoughlin said::
Subject: Re: [Leica] Leica Solms LUG LHSA Buyout


> Smallish, elegantly designed body. RF focusing. Smallish, excellent, 
> interchangable prime
> lenses. Great build quality.
>
> If other companies (Zeiss?) will deliver these goods in a sustained (that 
> means digital at
> some point) fashion into the future, I guess I don't really care about 
> Leica. But right now,
> Leica delivers the goods described above.<,,,,,

But Scott if you already own one, a Leica M of some kind or several, and 
there's thousands of M's floating about the world for at least the next 40 
years, who the hell cares if the mother company goes belly up? All this 
whining, hand wringing by others, save the company buy a bunch of cameras 
crap is rediculous for a company that's been dragging it's ass back in the 
30's, '40's & 50's when it was the greatest. I can't believe some of the 
silly concerns it's almost like if they crash and burn every owner in the 
world will die immediately with them? Nonsense!

I've got 3 M7's, an M6, 3 R8's an SL and a couple of older RF models, 1932 
etc. And if Leica folds in Solms tomorow the only thing I feel sorry for are 
the people working there. But I'll still have my Leicas and I've got lots of 
film despite the fact I haven't shot a roll in months because I'm doing 20D 
digital with my adapted Leica glass! But I know I've got a Leica or three I 
can use for the next 50 years, so who needs the mother company?

ted