Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2013/05/28
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Geoff - Yeah, the cat's out of the box, so to speak. I don't know if the reasoning is faulty or not, but it's hard to understand why Leica would release such a camera as this into an already competitive market. It also is not in keeping with what we heard at Wetzlar a couple of years ago. Dick On May 28, 2013, at 4:59 PM, Geoff Hopkinson wrote: > No hints from my dealer Richard. I actually know the head folks in Leica > Australia personally too but they sure won't ever leak on new product > announcements. Quite rightly so too. > I do believe that a (real?) photo has leaked now on a rumour site though? I > suspected that people were reading way too much into the teaser ads, > myself. Based on past public info I doubt that they would have any capacity > or desire for a new interchangeable AF lens range myself nor would a > cheaper "M" make sense for them. I think the reasoning behind having a > cheaper smaller M is flawed in any case. > > > *Breathe in, breathe out, move on* -- Jimmy Buffett > > Cheers > Geoff > http://www.pbase.com/hoppyman > > > On 29 May 2013 00:00, Richard Taylor <r.s.taylor at comcast.net> wrote: > >> No hints from your dealer, then? Sad. >> >> Dick >> >> >> >> On May 27, 2013, at 11:39 PM, Geoff Hopkinson wrote: >> >>> Well I would bet beer against a rebadged Fujifilm camera with an M mount >> ;-) >>> Guessing is fun. Not long until the 11th. I am going to stay out of the >> web >>> groups for a few days from then ;-) >>> >>> >>> *Breathe in, breathe out, move on* -- Jimmy Buffett >>> >>> Cheers >>> Geoff >>> http://www.pbase.com/hoppyman >>> >>> >>> On 28 May 2013 13:32, Richard Taylor <r.s.taylor at comcast.net> wrote: >>> >>>> Sooooo, Geoff... anything else you'd care to share with us? ;-) >>>> >>>> Dick >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> On May 27, 2013, at 8:05 PM, Geoff Hopkinson wrote: >>>> >>>>> Nope ;-) >>>>> On May 28, 2013 10:03 AM, "Lawrence Zeitlin" <lrzeitlin at aol.com> >> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> My guess is that the Leica mini m is simply a rebaged and cosmetically >>>>>> altered Fuji x, possibly with an M mount. Leica and Fuji have had a >> long >>>>>> relationship. Remember that the first Leica digitals were Fujis. The >>>>>> Digilux was a Fuji MX-700, the Digilux Zoom, a Fuji MX-1700, and the >>>> Diglux >>>>>> 4.3, a Fuji 4700 Zoom. Back in the film days Leica had a relationship >>>> with >>>>>> Minolta. The Leica CL was a Minolta product. >>>>>> >>>>>> What better, cheaper, and more expedient way to fill a marketing void >>>> than >>>>>> simply putting your name on someone else's product. >>>>>> >>>>>> Larry Z >>>>>> >>>>>> ______________________________**_________________ >>>>>> Leica Users Group. >>>>>> See http://leica-users.org/**mailman/listinfo/lug< >>>> 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 >>>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> 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