Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/05/26

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Re: Oh ... It's COMING SOON! :-)
From: Ted Grant <tedgrant@shaw.ca>
Date: Mon, 26 May 2003 12:45:30 -0700
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Hi Rich,
Without me sounding like a smart ass, what's your point?

ted

> Hi Eric!
>
>       Let's see, Leica just brought out their first aperture
> priority camera.  It does more than the Minolta CLE
> does, in particular take all the Leitz glass.  So Leica
> is more than 20 years behind the curve.  When the CLE
> came out it was the first M mount camera with auto exposure.
> And how long has auto exposure been around?  Leica may
> go digital, but I'll bet it's no time soon, excepting the
> ABS plastic cameras with the Leica logo.  We're talking
> high end with top glass.
>
>      Originally, the Leica fit in a shirt pocket and took
> interchangable lenses.  Imagine that.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Rich Lahrson
> Berkeley, California
> tripspud@transbay.net
>
> Eric wrote:
>
> > B.D.:
> >
> > >Don't jump too quickly, Tina, my guess is this is yet another bs rumor.
> >
> > Why not?
> >
> > If going digital will give you benefits, why wait for what Leica may
never
> > do?
> >
> > Don't get me wrong...you'll get my M6 when you pry it out of my cold,
dead
> > fingers.  Even when I get a state of the art digital system, I don't
imagine
> > giving up the smell of fixer or the enjoyment and anticipation while I
soup
> > my film.  It's relaxing.  When it stops being fun, then I'll add
digital.
> >
> > When I think of digital, Leica is not the company that springs to mind.
I
> > think of mechanical and simple.  I think of 20 years behind the curve.
> > While I understand the appeal of using the same lenses, my understanding
is
> > that the current lenses I have aren't really optimal for digital,
anyway.
> >
> > Eric
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