Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2015/02/25
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]> On Feb 24, 2015, at 9:51 PM, Mark Rabiner <mark at rabinergroup.com> wrote: > > Yes that Hasselblad takes effete camera craziness one step further. > I'm consoled slightly by the fact that Hasselblad doesn't really exist any > more but is just a brand name traded back and forth between big money > concerns. > I'd not mind some camera company coming out with a simplified non high end > solution for my Hassy Zeiss glass which I still hoard. > Perhaps the same company who comes out with a silver picture taking slab > for > my Leica M glass will also come out with one for Hassy Zeiss glass. And > while there at it perhaps one for you guys with your Leica R glass. yup Mark, done, it's called the Sony A7ii, it's fine with the Sony 55mm 1.8, also the CV 12mm, as well as the Leica R 19mm, the R 180mm, and all R in between..... s > I do think that long lenses in from of skinny slab mirrorless cameras is a > craze which is coming to an end. They really do seem quite front heavy and > awkward looking. > > On 2/24/15 9:23 PM, "Doug Herr" <wildlightphoto at earthlink.net> wrote: > >> Mark Rabiner wrote: >> >>> I've learned to be philosophical about Leica 's special editions they do >>> it >>> to make money so they can make more user Leica gear we would hope to be >>> the >>> point. The kind that you'd take a picture with not just put in a safety >>> deposit box. >> >> I wouldn't mind at all if they'd put the 'collector edition' profits into >> a >> real R solution. Otherwise they're heading toward the Hasselblad lunatic >> asylum. >> >> Doug Herr >> Birdman of Sacramento >> http://www.wildlightphoto.com >> http://doug-herr.fineartamerica.com >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > > -- > Mark William Rabiner > Photographer > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/lugalrabs/ > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information