Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/06/23
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]No flak, IMO, I always thought a chrome lens on a black camera looked out of place, and on a chrome camera a black lens looks better. It's not as if a chrome lens works better. Chrome is just a tradition at Leica, which already went wrong with chrome lenses for the first Leicaflex. Sticking to such traditions is what has got them where they are today. Douglas Who still remembers the days when you had to pay extra for black, "Professional", cameras. red735i@earthlink.net wrote: > They just do not listen to good advice. at least not to date. Maybe > being on the verge of disaster will force them to do the obvious..... > > The new CEO at least started on the right foot by killing off chrome > lenses ( and now I diuck to avoid the flack ...) > > Frank Filippone > > > Though adapting their R lenses to Canon and Nikon mounts would probably > make much more money than selling meterless MPs with crocodile leather, it > is unfortunately not to be expected from Leica that they would ever bite > the bullet. "Canon who? Nikon who?"... > Didier > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > >