Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2013/06/11
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Oh just go create images! Leica has a M-E,Monochrom & M 240. Fucking hell that's a pretty good line up. Who cares about the rest? Chris Williams www.zoeicaimages.net www.zoeica.com - blog Washington DC & New Orleans 504-231-6261 On Jun 11, 2013, at 2:30 PM, Mark Rabiner wrote: > Steve Huff mentioned in the first thing that he'd rather go out and get a > Sony Cyber-shot DSC-RX1 full frame for roughly the same bucks. > I certainly agree and I'm sure that opinion will end up being the > consensus. > Tests will show the pix coming out of the Sony wiping the smaller format > but > same priced Leica right out of the water. > > Also the issue is which camera LOOKS more elegant > And I think its a tossup. > The Zeiss in front of the Sony is not so compact but is overwhelmingly > GORGEOUS. As is its inner design. Making us feel as we could take a great > shot of ANYTHING. with the images would prove us right. > The glass in front of the Leicas is certainly not going to appeal to > connsiouers of any ilk. And the people with the big bucks are gonna wanna > know what the people in the know in the photo department think before the > pick out their latest classy photo neckwear. A lot of them. > > So we're going to have the company which makes the walkmans winning the > compact camera war with the company which makes the best cameras. Leica. > A huge thing for Sony. A huge not so good thing for Leica. > > Shooting with the Sony would be a far more exciting and rewarding > experience. > And this kind of thing should belong to Leica. > Its like coming in second on purpose and having your pretending you won > speech all written out ahead of time. > "don't look at the camera behind the mirror" > > > On 6/11/13 9:41 AM, "Ric Carter" <ric at cartersxrd.net> wrote: > >> sounds like a replay of my Leica Z2X >> >> which feels decidely unLeica >> >> ric >> >> >> >> On Jun 11, 2013, at 9:36 AM, Scott Gregory <scottgregory at mac.com> >> wrote: >> >>> Mark I totally agree. What are they thinking? >>> >>> A total let down. >>> >>> >>> Scott >>> >>> >>> On 2013-06-11, at 9:30 AM, Mark Rabiner <mark at rabinergroup.com> wrote: >>> >>>> Putting a zoom on an X does not as Leica specifically stated put it >>>> between >>>> an M and an X. >>>> it put it between an X and a Panasonic Lumix. >>>> Super bad thinking on the part of Leica. >>>> Not a step up from an X but two steps down. >>>> The stock holders will be happy about the lowering of the Brand. >>>> >>>> Whenever the classic point and shoots, Contax T, Nikon T, Ricoh GR, >>>> Minox 35 >>>> finally sold out with a zoom model which of course brought in the big >>>> bucks >>>> from the idiot crowds they were widely ignored and reviled by the >>>> connoisseurs; it was not good news. >>>> A fast unobtrusive and elegant camera became slow and bulgy. >>>> It was "time to make some money and pay some bills" news. >>>> >>>> Instead of a drum roll Leica needed to sneak this out with a whisper. >>>> While >>>> everyone was on vacation. >>>> >>>> ... A few of the famous film super compact 35's never came out in zoom >>>> versions. The Rollei 35 was one and I think also the Minox 35. >>>> >>>> >>>> On 6/11/13 9:01 AM, "Mark Rabiner" <mark at rabinergroup.com> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Very sad. >>>>> They said it would be an M. >>>>> but instead its an idiot X. >>>>> for people with more money than sense. >>>>> >>>>> They will look like they are shooting with a real Leica. >>>>> >>>>> Normally a thing rushed out like this I'd not believe for a second but >>>>> the >>>>> fact that he's giving the UPC code of the camera as 799429184308 and >>>>> the >>>>> UPC >>>>> code and price and code of all the accessories it does sound like a >>>>> non >>>>> rumor. But a leak. And I'm fond of leaks now having seen the Wikileaks >>>>> movie. >>>>> Or they are good at making up lists UPC numbers. >>>>> I'm crossing my figures its a sick joke or a bad dream. >>>>>