Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2014/03/07

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Subject: [Leica] Leila's April 24th announcement - place your bets!
From: mark at rabinergroup.com (Mark Rabiner)
Date: Fri, 07 Mar 2014 18:45:16 -0500

Its more than  a camera being and extra thing you really don't need to bring
with out. Its that people don't want to put down their smart phones for any
reason for one second ever.
You got a new product you want to sell? Make sure it fits in their smart
phone. Make it an app.


On 3/7/14 6:07 PM, "Jeffery Smith" <jsmith342 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Anyone shooting with a smart phone seems to be invariably embroiled in 
> trouble
> of some kind. It seems to be the ?camera of choice? when shooting videos of
> police that they would rather you not shoot.
> 
> I want to look like Lluis Ripoll when shooting. He seems to disarm 
> everyone of
> any notion of wrongdoing.
> 
> Jeffery
> 
> On Mar 7, 2014, at 5:02 PM, Mark Rabiner <mark at rabinergroup.com> wrote:
> 
>> 
>> So the camera really needs to look like a serious piece of camera
>> jewelry....as may be a problem when they make a camera the same size as a
>> smart phone selling the idea that its worth putting their smart phones 
>> down
>> for a minute to take a far far better (and classier) picture.
>> 
>> ...they hit a button and the pic goes from their camera to their smart
>> phone. ... And why not just use the smart phone? They have to sell them on
>> that.
>> The camera needs to look like a million bucks -  titanium with carbon 
>> fiber
>> inserts.
>> 
>> 
>> On 3/7/14 5:36 PM, "Jeffery Smith" <jsmith342 at gmail.com> wrote:
>> 
>>> Sigma beat them to the punch on P&S cameras that look like a chalkboard
>>> eraser.
>>> 
>>> Jeffery
>>> 
>>> On Mar 7, 2014, at 4:34 PM, Raimo Korhonen
>>> <raimo.m.korhonen at uusikaupunki.fi>
>>> wrote:
>>> 
>>>> A Rollei 35 S reincarnation would be nice :-)
>>>> All the best!
>>>> Raimo K
>>>> 
>>>> -----Alkuper?inen viesti-----
>>>> L?hett?j?: lug-bounces+raimo.m.korhonen=uusikaupunki.fi at 
>>>> leica-users.org
>>>> [mailto:lug-bounces+raimo.m.korhonen=uusikaupunki.fi at leica-users.org]
>>>> Puolesta Mark Rabiner
>>>> L?hetetty: 8. maaliskuutata 2014 0:10
>>>> Vastaanottaja: Leica Users Group
>>>> Aihe: Re: [Leica] Leila's April 24th announcement - place your bets!
>>>> 
>>>> <snip>
>>>> In the near future other full frame compacts will not be positioned so 
>>>> high
>>>> on the luxury scale.. And will probably be even more compact being 
>>>> similar
>>>> at first in scale to the leica X line. . But they still will be full 
>>>> frame
>>>> cameras way smaller and lighter than the current M and though not 
>>>> looking
>>>> like the choice neck candy the Sony Rx is will still be of great 
>>>> interest
>>>> in
>>>> this very Leica like idea.
>>>> And two grand is also a lot of money.
>>>> <snip>
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
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>> 
>> 
>> 
>> -- 
>> Mark William Rabiner
>> Photographer
>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/lugalrabs/
>> 
>> 
>> 
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