Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/03/14
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Naw, this cannot be Leica-bashing; because ole B.D. only complains about old Leica bottle-glass. ----- Original Message ----- From: "B. D. Colen" <bdcolen@earthlink.net> To: "'Leica Users Group'" <lug@leica-users.org> Sent: Monday, March 14, 2005 8:28 PM Subject: RE: [Leica] looking at Pentax *ist D > But Mark, unfortunately your arthritis doesn't tell what Leica will do. > Because if it really makes sense, Leica's unlikely to do it. Were that > not true, they would have kept the M5 alive and pushed it with good > marketing, and they would have kept a CL-like camera in the line. But > they didn't have the imagination to do either, and instead deep-sixed > both, and returned to the M3 -uh, sorry, M4, ;-), finally putting a > meter in it again in, what, 1984? > > -----Original Message----- > From: lug-bounces+bdcolen=earthlink.net@leica-users.org > [mailto:lug-bounces+bdcolen=earthlink.net@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of > Mark Rabiner > Sent: Monday, March 14, 2005 7:27 PM > To: Leica Users Group > Subject: Re: [Leica] looking at Pentax *ist D > > > On 3/13/05 4:59 PM, "B. D. Colen" <bdcolen@earthlink.net> typed: > >> Mark Rabiner wrote... >> >> "And Leica, should it survive, will when it comes out with it's >> digital body have its eye on compactness. Not an R8/9 based life form. > >> They'll aim more at the CL." >> >> And you know this because...? >> >> >> > It's my arthritis, BD. It acts up every 30 years when the camera > industry realizes it's products are porcine and puts them on a diet.. > When camera companies realize that the size of a camera body should > reflect the size of it's format. Image circle. > > Maitani with his Olympus OM1 took 33% off the weight and bulk of the > 35mm SLR camera industry as the were all caught with their pants down > and had to follow suit or look like idiots and go out of business. By > the way I just checked the dates to find out the relationship between > the CL and OM1. > > Olympus OM1 1972 > Leica CL 1973 > > http://www.geocities.com/maitani_fan/om_concept.html > > > I found these original Maitani ads and controversy > http://www.geocities.com/maitani_fan/maitani_adv.html > > > > Mark Rabiner > Photography > Portland Oregon > http://rabinergroup.com/ > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >