Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/05/11
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]It's all my fault. I mentioned I wanted two M9M's. I got greedy and the haters started occupying. Next time I'll just ask for one! Chris Williams 504-231-6261 www.zoeicaimages.net Sent from my iholga On May 11, 2012, at 12:36 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 >