Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2011/06/21
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Would anyone be surprised if it were the case that Kodak isn't strong enough financially to develop sensors as fast as Canon or Sony? -----Original Message----- From: Mark Rabiner Sent: Tuesday, June 21, 2011 4:25 PM To: Leica Users Group Subject: Re: [Leica] New Leica M Stuff Leica will progress its just going to take its time like usual doing it. There must be some reason its hard to get a better sensor in it right now. But it will happen in the next year or so. Mark William Rabiner Photography > From: Richard Man <richard at imagecraft.com> > Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> > Date: Tue, 21 Jun 2011 14:14:38 -0700 > To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> > Subject: Re: [Leica] New Leica M Stuff > > Mark, it has been rumored for months that the new camera will not have any > new tech, regardless how much it would make sense or how much wishful > thinking there was. > > I am afraid that Leica is going back to to the "make special edition and > milk the collector's market" mindset. > > Being wildly successful with the M9 is not a surprise - whatnot with all > the > pent up demand from people just waiting for years to use their Leica lens. > The biggest surprise with the M9 was the full frame sensor, and it was as > much as a surprise as it was BECAUSE Leica had been saying it could not be > done with the current technology - well, the current technology caught up > and it could then be done. In any case, there are many areas where Leica > can > innovate and remain true to its rangefinder DNA, but Leica needs to act. > > However, I suspect that this will end up just being another peak in > Leica's > history. They can continue to be successful, but they need to innovate in > the high end and get into the "mass market" with a M8.3. But Herr Kaufmann > and Herr Daniels can do no wrong right at this moment and Geoff said that > they thought something like an M8.3 is braindead. We shall see in 3 years > that how competitive the M10 will be. > > On Tue, Jun 21, 2011 at 2:02 PM, Mark Rabiner <mark at rabinergroup.com> > wrote: > >> The M9-P a huge disappointment because they really do need to keep moving >> in >> the design of this camera and have a sensor which competes with Canon and >> Nikon full frame instead of paying off top pros to be seen using it. >> I really thought there was big news here on that. >> But a compact 21 is pretty nice. >> >> >> Mark William Rabiner >> >> >> >> >>> From: Slobodan Dimitrov <s.dimitrov at charter.net> >>> Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> >>> Date: Tue, 21 Jun 2011 13:15:11 -0700 >>> To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> >>> Subject: Re: [Leica] New Leica M Stuff >>> >>> The new 21mm is exciting. The "new" M9-P, well, that's a real yawn! >>> As I currently use the LTM, I wonder what the Chinese marketplace will >>> do >> with >>> that bayonet? >>> S.d. >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> > > > > -- > // richard <http://www.imagecraft.com/> > // icc blog: <http://imagecraft.com/blog/> > // richard's personal photo blog: <http://www.5pmlight.com> > [ For technical support on ImageCraft products, please include all > previous > replies in your msgs. ] > > _______________________________________________ > 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