[Leica] OT: Contax ceased production of 35mm cameras, digital to follow

[scott at adrenaline.com (Scott McLoughlin)]

I've been wondering when some company will release a premo
digi P&S -  APS sized sensor,  great high ISO performance, superb
fixed focal length lens, maybe an external accessory flash. That
kind of thing.

Bunting, Roger L (Roger) wrote:

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>This not only signals a passing era for Contax, but I think I've read that 
>the Olympus Stylus Epic has also stopped production. Now Contax, who knows 
>what Leica will keep on the books, but I wouldn't expect the film P&S 
>cameras to stay in the lineup. By my counting, that really is the end of 
>the quality film P&S era. For P&S, digital makes more sense to me from the 
>mass market sense, I wonder if we will begin to see the specialized 
>"quality" lens entries as that market matures. One could hope.
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