Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/06/23
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]don how is this different when it was only film? we had a lot more companies, they all thrived and prospered as we did with choice On 6/23/06, Don Dory <don.dory@gmail.com> wrote: > Gene, > That is the story throughout most of the world. Conjecture on my part is > that Nikon and Canon especially have reached critical mass for DSLR's. > Meaning that a true amateur might end up with a Pentax, Olympus, of > Minolta; > but anyone who has done research and wants to fit in(notice the logical > argument) would buy anything but Canon or Nikon. Exception to this rule > would be the large number of Pentax lovers who will buy the brand because > of > lens compatibility, price, size, and feature set. > > So, unless the Alpha and the Olympus new models truly walk on water and > take > pictures of Aliens and Angeline J's new baby then they will suffer the fate > of the Olympus and Minolta SLR's which is abandonment and discontinuation. > Even the Japanese companies will no longer continue a line that loses money > in perpetuity. > > On the other hand Canon especially and Nikon as well can not build their > models fast enough. > > Don > don.dory@gmail.com > > > On 6/23/06, Grduprey@aol.com <Grduprey@aol.com> wrote: > > > > In a message dated 6/21/2006 5:03:14 PM Central Daylight Time, > > bdcolen@comcast.net writes: > > Boy, is that the truth. The B mode is nice to have for macro work, or > > perhaps for formal portraiture. But the A, real-time live view is what > > makes the E330 special. So all the Panisonic really has is a truly crappy > > viewfinder, analogue controls, and a 'Leica' lens? No wonder Olympus was > > willing to license the technology to them. ;-) > > > > > > The really sad thing is our local Oly dealer can't give them away. But > > the > > D200's and 30D's are flying off the shelves. > > > > Gene > > > > _______________________________________________ > > 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