Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/08/11
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]If you check the archives, you will see that I and several others argued years ago that Leica's long-term future lies in leveraging their optical expertise by marketing lenses for other systems. I am sure it is only a matter of time before we can buy Leica glass in Canon, Nikon and other mounts. Especially since Leica is likely to dump its SLR line and concentrate on the now successful rangefinder line--so by making lenses for other SLR makers they will not be competing with themselves. Nathan Philippe Orlent wrote: > Excerpt from that website: > > "The news marks the start of a campaign by Leica to 'put a greater > focus on its core competitiveness in optics manufacture', according to > a statement on Leica's USA website. > > It adds: 'The launch of the Leica Summarit-M family of lenses marks > the return of important Leica heritage elements. All letter and number > engravings are made with the traditional 'Leitz-Norm' font as > originally used by Leitz Wetzlar during the 1960s and the red button > on the lens mount is now true to the original colour used on Leitz > lenses produced since the introduction of the M-mount through the 1960s." > > > Hey, they discovered marketing at Leica! Before you know it they start > producing their glass in any mount you ask for... > > Philippe > > Op 9-aug-07, om 09:35 heeft Mark Rabiner het volgende geschreven: > >> Summarit-M lenses revealed >> In context >> >> http://www.amateurphotographer.co.uk/news/Leica_UK_confirms_SummaritM_lens_p >> >> >> rices_news_135230.html >> >> A picture of the family of Summarits gathered around big daddy Leica M8. >> Mama 90 and three kids 75, 50 and 35 2.5's I think that's it. >> >> Click on it and you get Austen Powers smarter brother scratching the >> word >> Summarit onto a lens with genuine 60's writing. >> >> Peace Love Woodstock. >> >> >> >> Mark William Rabiner >> Harlem, NY >> >> 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 > > -- Nathan Wajsman Almere, The Netherlands *Opportunistic Image Acquisition* General photography: http://www.frozenlight.eu http://www.nathanfoto.com http://www.greatpix.eu Picture-A-Week: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws Seville: http://www.frozenlight.eu/fotosevilla Stock photography: http://www.alamy.com/search-results.asp?qt=wajsman http://myloupe.com/home/found_photographer.php?photographer=507 Prints for sale: http://www.photodeluge.com Blog: http://www.fotocycle.dk/blog SUPPORT FREEDOM OF SPEECH, BUY DANISH PRODUCTS!