Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/09/25

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Subject: [Leica] S2 images on a blog
From: mark at rabinergroup.com (Mark Rabiner)
Date: Thu Sep 25 11:53:55 2008

Mr. Lee may have done great things we'll never know.
We'll never know how all these things came about.
But I think they came about in an environment.
He didn't dream it up in the shower.



mark@rabinergroup.com
Mark William Rabiner



> From: Stasys Petravicius <stasys1@cox.net>
> Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug@leica-users.org>
> Date: Thu, 25 Sep 2008 07:33:33 -0700
> To: Leica Users Group <lug@leica-users.org>
> Subject: Re: [Leica] S2 images on a blog
> 
> Mehrdad- I was also surprised when i read that same thing last night in
> the detailed email regarding the Leica offerings at Photokina (as
> someone put- the most comprehensive report on Photokina). Maybe Mr Lee
> wasn't so bad after all- not all employees like a hard charging  boss
> or CEO. In this case the employees won out. Stasys
> On Sep 25, 2008, at 1:46 AM, mehrdad wrote:
> 
>> The most interseting news about the S2, is the idea and vision behind
>> it. it was Mr. Lee's and NOT Dr. K. so the guy with the vision is no
>> longer there
>> 
>> On Thu, Sep 25, 2008 at 1:42 AM, Mark Rabiner <mark@rabinergroup.com>
>> wrote:
>>> I don't see Nikon and Canon coming out with larger than 24x36mm
>>> digital
>>> format they have dozens of lenses which fit that format.
>>> Leica is in a position to kiss off their R line because you can cont
>>> the
>>> people with your figures who still have the stuff to use on a DSLR
>>> body and
>>> they've already bought Nikons and Canons.
>>> 
>>> Leica needed to make a big splash
>>> And come out on top.
>>> Leica DSLR pictures will look notably better than Nikon and Canon and
>>> Pentax
>>> and Olympus DSLR pictures.
>>> 
>>> Just like Leica SLR and M pictures from film look notably better than
>>> Nikon
>>> and Canon and Pentax and Olympus SLR pictures from film.
>>> 
>>> Not Hasselblad so much though.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> mark@rabinergroup.com
>>> Mark William Rabiner
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>>> From: Lottermoser George <imagist3@mac.com>
>>>> Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug@leica-users.org>
>>>> Date: Wed, 24 Sep 2008 23:14:49 -0500
>>>> To: Leica Users Group <lug@leica-users.org>
>>>> Subject: Re: [Leica] S2 images on a blog
>>>> 
>>>> bah humbug
>>>> it's too expensive
>>>> i can't have one today
>>>> where's the R10 full frame for $3000
>>>> i want a M9 full frame for under $2,500
>>>> where is it?
>>>> nikon's coming out with S2 mark II in 3 months
>>>> canon will kill Leica with their big sensor leica killer by march
>>>> you'll see
>>>> leica doesn't know what they're doing
>>>> panasonic should buy em and take them out of their misery
>>>> they should just make lenses for canon, nikon, olympus, pentax, and
>>>> holga
>>>> then they'd be playing with the big boys
>>>> i'm sick and tired of waiting for their buggy, filter needing bodies
>>>> 
>>>> have i missed anything?
>>>> 
>>>> ; ~ !
>>>> 
>>>> Fond regards,
>>>> George
>>>> 
>>>> george@imagist.com
>>>> http://www.imagist.com
>>>> http://www.imagist.com/blog
>>>> http://www.linkedin.com/in/imagist
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> On Sep 24, 2008, at 10:40 PM, wildlightphoto@earthlink.net wrote:
>>>> 
>>>>> This is a seriously solid product and Leica deserves some credit."
>>>> 
>>>> 
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>> 
>> 
>> 
>> -- 
>>  -------------------------------------
>>  regards, mehrdad
>> 
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