Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/05/11

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Subject: [Leica] Leica Monochrome
From: lew1716 at gmail.com (Lew Schwartz)
Date: Fri, 11 May 2012 08:09:52 -0400
References: <CBD1EAF8.141FD%chris@chriscrawfordphoto.com> <70E7820E-C0A2-4215-9217-E569636972E7@frozenlight.eu> <20120511010516.7dffd74e@linux-pfy5.site> <CAE3QcF4co_zpDv7uHf__++HLX1Rsmn5zfgCt91Yrnm54MPmt8A@mail.gmail.com>

If they can't express their views, then it's not "open." It's an
exaggeration to state that they have "taken over" the list, so I take it
that this remark was meant humorously. OTOH, if their views are not to your
liking you can ignore them, no?

On Fri, May 11, 2012 at 1:36 AM, Geoff Hopkinson <hopsternew at 
gmail.com>wrote:

> Fair go guys!  How did discussion of new Leica products get taken over by
> an Occupy LUG movement?
> I respect people's personal circumstances of course but in my view these
> socio/political discussions don't belong in this open forum.
>
> Leica Camera announced some new products that are expensive and will only
> sell to a niche market.
> That ought to be a very familiar scenarion to all and despite whatever
> economic conditions recently Leica Camera has done better than for many
> years and is selling everything that they can make. In the case of M lenses
> especially, into a long waiting list too.
>
> I'm unlikely to buy any M Monochrom but I can certainly see the appeal to
> dedicated photographers such as Tina.
> The new APO Summicron ASPH is a remarkable achievement too and yes the
> price is very high indeed.
> I'm looking forward to what their advances will mean for the next
> generation M as well. Some may have noticed that Leica Camera has booked a
> much larger area for the coming Photokina this time. I doubt that we've
> heard of all of their new products announcements for 2012 yet either.
>
>
> Cheers,
> Geoff
> http://www.pbase.com/hoppyman
>
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>



-- 
-Lew S.


Replies: Reply from hopsternew at gmail.com (Geoff Hopkinson) ([Leica] Leica Monochrome)
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Message from photo.forrest at earthlink.net (Phil Forrest) ([Leica] Leica Monochrome)
Message from hopsternew at gmail.com (Geoff Hopkinson) ([Leica] Leica Monochrome)