Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2013/05/24
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Well, the LUG has been down for two days and the mini was just announced. That could have something to do with the lack of comments! The mini sounds interesting since it is not Panasonic and is made by Leica in Germany. I would want to know more. Tina On Fri, May 24, 2013 at 10:16 PM, Richard Taylor <r.s.taylor at comcast.net>wrote: > What amazes me most about the Leica announcement of the Mini M is the yawn > it seems to have received from the LUG. I wouldn't say the LUF was exactly > ablaze with excitement ... > > http://www.l-camera-forum.com/leica-forum/leica-m9-forum/285598-mini-m.html > > ... but we're absolutely moribund about it. > > That is astonishing, if you think about it. > > Dick > > > > On May 24, 2013, at 9:35 PM, Geoff Hopkinson wrote: > > > It's not a rumour, George. It is up on the official site and their blog > as > > a teaser to increase interest I guess. > > I don't know that they are concerned with competing with FujiFilm though. > > Different market segments. I don't think that it will compete with the M > > Typ 240 either and for the same reason. Still I'm not a business manager. > > The new Leica has been in development for at least 3 years I believe. > > > > > > *Breathe in, breathe out, move on* -- Jimmy Buffett > > > > Cheers > > Geoff > > http://www.pbase.com/hoppyman > > > > > > On 25 May 2013 11:03, George Lottermoser <imagist3 at mac.com> wrote: > > > >> > >> On May 23, 2013, at 9:36 AM, mehrdad wrote: > >> > >>> > >> > http://photorumors.com/2013/05/23/leica-coming-out-with-a-mini-m-camera-on-june-11/?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+PhotoRumors+%28PhotoRumors.com%29 > >>> > >>> > >>> they are working on another camera!! > >> > >> they trying to put their finger in the hole that Fuji drilled in the > dike? > >> > >> Regards, > >> George Lottermoser > >> george at imagist.com > >> http://www.imagist.com > >> http://www.imagist.com/blog > >> http://www.linkedin.com/in/imagist > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> 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 > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > -- Tina Manley, ASMP www.tinamanley.com