Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/11/01
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On Nov 1, 2008, at 10:29 AM, Jayanand Govindaraj wrote: > Doug, > I disagree - they are well on the way. Look at the new Nikon zooms - > 14-24, > 24-70 and the 200-400 - I have no experience with Canon. Leica make > great > lenses, but don't sell many, and it wont change whatever happens. I > am sure > the Nikon D3 with the 200-400 would do wonders for your bird > photography. It > makes no sense to be blind to the demerits of a brand - by all means > shoot > what you want, but keep your mind open to reality. IMHO the number > of bird > photographers using the DMR can be counted on the fingers of one > hand, and > there must be a reason for it - otherwise it would be the equipment of > choice for them. and somehow Jayanand (and I know you know this) we always seem to play up the equipment here, as the be all and end all, forgetting other factors.... like, it takes more than great equipment to take great pictures... Steve > If it is the benchmark, I dont see it used as such by any > reviewer of cameras. Therefore in the real world, except for a few > of us in > this list, who have the interest and the time, it is really > irrelevant. > BTW, the only magazine I saw the M8 recommended (as a must buy toy, > like the > Iphone) is Esquire or GQ, I forget which - if Leica has to survive > on sales > to the general readership of those magazines, they are gone. To most > of the > inhabitants of the world, cameras are discretionary purchases, and I > expect > sales to really go down everywhere with the present crisis, > especially at > the top end of the market. C,N & S will survive that, but what about > Leica? > I will make a prediction that one of the Japanese companies, probably > Matsushita, will buy them within the next 3 years. > Cheers > Jayanand > > On Sat, Nov 1, 2008 at 6:57 PM, <wildlightphoto@earthlink.net> wrote: > >> A. Lal wrote: >> >>> I had a chance to speak to Ms. Harbets at the Leica booth at NY >> Photo-Expo >>> last week. I'd be very surprised if the R 10 goes on sale before >>> the next >>> Photokina. By then C, N and S will probably have 30 meg sensors >>> in their >>> top bodies. Not sure what Leica need to compete. >> >> C, N and S will need to revamp much of their lens lineup in order >> to take >> advantage of 30MP sensors. Early results from the 5DII suggest >> that its >> sensor is overkill for many of the EF lenses. Absent a completely >> new set >> of lenses, C, N and S will do better to address bit depth and DR >> deficiencies. >> >> 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