Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2013/05/24
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Tina - That might be part of the problem, but I'm still amazed at the lack of enthusiasm. This might be the camera many of us have been waiting for. I know I've been disappointed by the trail Leica has been following lately and maybe that's affecting others, too. I for one am cautiously hopeful about the camera based on comments made by Leica during the last meeting at Wetzlar, but we'll see. Dick On May 24, 2013, at 10:21 PM, Tina Manley wrote: > 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 > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information