Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/12/31
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]canon does not need leica for anything and i mean nothing. they make better camera and lenses than leica already and financially there is nothing leica puts on the table for canon. if this is true, leica shareholders lucked out. they got some money!! making a good lens these days has to do with the good design which canon is very capable and use of good glass which is a matter of economics and the price range for the lens. so what does leica put on the table for canon which it does not have now; a name, film cameras, manual focus lenses, oh the DMR...... On 12/31/05, Javier Perez <summarex@hotmail.com> wrote: > Yes, and an eventual death for almost all M and R cameras and lenses. > If Canon wants Leica, it's either as a trophy or as a source for premium > glass to replace it's L line. Much as I have whined and bitched about > the need to see Leitz glass on AF and other mounts besides R, a Canon-Leica > lens available only on EOS mount with shabby EOS L construction is not what > I had in mind. I think we should think of this more as the rape of Leica! > If only I had the money, I'd buy up the entire lens design team, put them > to > work in a new shop and let the whole world know! > Happy New Year > Javier > > >From: Douglas Herr <telyt@earthlink.net> > >Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug@leica-users.org> > >To: Leica Users Group <lug@leica-users.org> > >Subject: Re: [Leica] Japanese paper reports Canon to take over Leica > >Date: Sat, 31 Dec 2005 17:59:10 -0800 > >MIME-Version: 1.0 > >Received: from server1.waverley.reid.org ([192.147.236.5]) by > >bay0-mc8-f15.bay0.hotmail.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.211); Sat, > >31 > >Dec 2005 18:02:51 -0800 > >Received: from server1.waverley.reid.org (localhost.waverley.reid.org > >[127.0.0.1])by server1.waverley.reid.org (8.12.9p2/8.12.9) with ESMTP id > >k0122KhN048821for <summarex@hotmail.com>; Sat, 31 Dec 2005 18:02:49 -0800 > >(PST)(envelope-from lug-bounces+summarex=hotmail.com@leica-users.org) > >Received: from > >pop-altamira.atl.sa.earthlink.net(pop-altamira.atl.sa.earthlink.net > >[207.69.195.62])by server1.waverley.reid.org (8.12.9p2/8.12.9) with ESMTP > >idk0122Ier048816for <lug@leica-users.org>; Sat, 31 Dec 2005 18:02:18 -0800 > >(PST)(envelope-from telyt@earthlink.net) > >Received: from 209-165-41-208.jps.net ([209.165.41.208])by > >pop-altamira.atl.sa.earthlink.net with esmtp (Exim 3.36 #10)id > >1EssY5-00074e-00for lug@leica-users.org; Sat, 31 Dec 2005 21:02:18 -0500 > >X-Message-Info: JGTYoYF78jEjJh++5tuxg+PZkiK6ZKOlOv/fwQn9zlo= > >User-Agent: Microsoft-Outlook-Express-Macintosh-Edition/5.02.2022 > >X-BeenThere: lug@leica-users.org > >X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.4 > >Precedence: list > >List-Id: Leica Users Group <lug.leica-users.org> > >List-Unsubscribe: > ><http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug>,<mailto:lug-request@leica-users.org?subject=unsubscribe> > >List-Archive: <http://leica-users.org/pipermail/lug> > >List-Help: <mailto:lug-request@leica-users.org?subject=help> > >List-Subscribe: > ><http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug>,<mailto:lug-request@leica-users.org?subject=subscribe> > >Errors-To: lug-bounces+summarex=hotmail.com@leica-users.org > >Return-Path: lug-bounces+summarex=hotmail.com@leica-users.org > >X-OriginalArrivalTime: 01 Jan 2006 02:02:51.0415 (UTC) > >FILETIME=[789DEA70:01C60E77] > > > >on 12/31/05 4:26 PM, Frank F. Farmer at summicron@bellsouth.net wrote: > > > > > Seriously, if true, does this spell new life for Leica's solidly made > > > film products or a move to mass manufacturing of the same, or neither? > > > >If this report is accurate I predict a very hasty death of Leica's > >film-camera production :-( > > > >Doug Herr > >Birdman of Sacramento > >http://www.wildlightphoto.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 > -- ------------------------------------- regards, mehrdad