Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/02/21
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Leica film cameras will indeed be heirlooms, probably as display items to put on shelves, rather than as cameras - a bit like the type writers allot of people have as object d'art....meanwhile, we can use them... And, truth be told, I'd suggest that this really became inevitable when Leica gave into the screams of all the damn traditionalists and let the M5 die...THAT was the beginning of the end. Interesting that, if memory from earlier today serves me, that German news story refers to Leica not as the company that invented 35 mm photography, or the company whose cameras in the 50s and early 60s became synonymous with world-class photo journalism, but instead refers to it as "tradition bound," which, Simon, is NOT a compliment. ;-) -----Original Message----- From: lug-bounces+bdcolen=earthlink.net@leica-users.org [mailto:lug-bounces+bdcolen=earthlink.net@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of V.Roger Sent: Monday, February 21, 2005 5:34 PM To: lug lug Subject: [Leica] Leica News in German Well... I read it, in German- It's sad... it really is. No better example of the digital revolution than this. I agree with what has been written, that it will be a very long time before a Digital M is produced- unless a white knight shows up.Frankly, all I can say is that the best thing about the Leica Digitals up to now is that Panasonic can repair them. I'll probably end up with a Lumix LC1 sooner or later, my Camera Shop indicated that they felt that prices would come down within the next month or two- didn't say why exactly- Anyway- Leica Film Cameras will still be heirlooms for our kids- vroger _______________________________________________ Leica Users Group. See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information