Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/06/22
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]they are doing something right to get me to shell out for a dlux4 and then a 21 lux in my present diminished circumstances. i for one, am astonished a company so often laid out with pennies in its eyes can come up with such intriguing and desirable offerings. to bring these things to market, as well as the one-of-a-kind m8, the purist mp, the remarkable noctilux, and the jewel of the 35 lux asph. surely not ineptitude. -rei On Jun21 16:43, Tina Manley wrote: > At 01:57 PM 6/21/2009, you wrote: >> Please feel free to point out any fallacies in my thinking or anything I >> might have missed out. >> >> Again, I am making it clear that I am taking potshots at the way Leica has >> been managed as a company, and not at the products! >> >> Cheers >> Jayanand > > And that's the problem I have with your comments. I'm not concerned > with Leica's management as long as they can continue putting out > products that meet my needs - like the M8 and M lenses. True, if their > management fails it will be a problem for me, but they've survived for > quite awhile now in spite of recent Hermes connections and celebrity > endorsements. I don't want and can't use a plastic camera with EVF. I > want a solid rangefinder with a normal viewfinder that takes my old M > lenses and that's exactly what the M8 is. Of course I wish it were > cheaper, but you get what you pay for and I paid for Leica M quality in a > digital camera. I'd do it again. > > Tina > > Tina Manley > www.tinamanley.com > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information -- Rei Shinozuka shino at panix.com Ridgewood, New Jersey