[Leica] No comments about the SOFORT ??

[richard at richardmanphoto.com (Richard Man)]

The Instax is the film that increased overall film sales last year.

On Thu, Sep 15, 2016 at 12:48 PM, Ted Grant <tedgrant at shaw.ca> wrote:

> Nathan what they've done is?
> "LOST THEIR WAY ON THE PATHWAY OF BEING THE BEST!"
> THEY'RE MAKING CAMERAS NO ONE? WELL MOST OF US 60 YEAR DEDICATED TO LEICA
> USERS CAN'T AFFORD! :-(
> Now they're being mentally over run trying to produce an "i-camera" camera
> to compete with the i-phone cameras of the world? Another LEICA failure!
> WATCH! :-(
> Just read the copy and it almost  sounds like an
> i-phone promo!!!!!!!
> I suppose the easiest way of looking at this idiocy is?
> My life time is near it's end and I need not bother with LEICA any longer
> and their continuing idiocy of camera manufacturing?
> But dang folks it's been one hell of a fantastic ride with them for 65 plus
> years! Day after day, assignments about the world beyond your wildest
> imagination! I still have an M8 and several lenses, a DIGILUX 2, M6 I gave
> to my grandson.
> Oh well I guess they can put the M8 in the pine box with me, a spare
> battery
> and charger along with my Noctilux f 1.0! Heck of a thought! :-)
> cheers,
> Dr. Ted Grant  C. M.  O.C.
>
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> From: LUG [mailto:lug-bounces+tedgrant=shaw.ca at leica-users.org] On 
> Behalf
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> Nathan Wajsman
> Sent: September-15-16 11:58 AM
> To: Leica Users Group
> Subject: Re: [Leica] No comments about the SOFORT ??
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> I got the announcement from Leica and forwarded it to the list with a
> comment, but I guess the filter stopped it since it contained an image. My
> comment was that at first I thought it was joke, but apparently it is not.
> Leica is now officially into toy cameras.
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> Cheers,
> Nathan
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> > On 15 Sep 2016, at 20:48, John McMaster <john at mcmaster.fr> wrote:
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> > Not sure who the expected market is, although could maybe guess.....
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> > http://en.leica-camera.com/Photography/Leica-Sofort
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> > john
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