Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/07/18
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I suggested some time back the combo of Contax and Leica as 1 company. There are a lot of ways NOT to mix corporate issues with cooperation. Just listen to what we know and what have been told...... Leica puts their name on Minolta Cameras, with some design from Leica, some Minolta... R series, Leica CL/CLE Leica has Minolta make lenses for them. Leica has Zeiss make lenses for them. Leica has Contax ( Yashica (Kyocera)) make lenses for them. Leica makes Point and shoot cameras.... I do not understand wher these come from, but I doubt Leica is making the cameras in their factories. Leica slaps their name on a Fuji DIgital Camera. The President of Leica says that the company is heading for a MF camera... SO where does Leica have the $$$ ( that is also spelled huevos) to design and tool a bottoms up new camera when they are barely profitable? Contax MF camera is considered world class if for no other reason than Zeiss lenses... Does it take a big leap of faith to guess that the Contax MF cameras may be rebranded with Leica's name???? Ditto the scenario with some Fuji Camera, ala Hasselblad...... Match that scenario with a digital R9 camera...... maybe the Fuji digital with a R lensmount? I am on pins and needles waiting for Photokina, it should be real fun! Frank Filippone red735i@earthlink.net