[Leica] Kvetchmongering?

[henningw at archiphoto.com (Henning Wulff)]

At 4:21 PM -0600 11/24/06, David Keenan wrote:
>>Someone is making the assumption that Leica knows and cares what we say
>here.
>>I doubt it.
>
>Let me tell a little story.
>
>I visited Solm back in 2005 and went on the factory tour.
>
>Some old timer gave us the tour of a basically empty facility. It was a work
>day but there didn't seem to be anyone working.
>
>The old timer was going on and on about how superior Leica was and how it
>was too good for 99.5% of the people who use cameras. (I made up the
>99.5%figure because I don't remember the exact percentage -- maybe it
>was 95% or
>99.8% -- but if you get the point then the exact percentage doesn't matter.)
>
>He was pretty sure of himself whatever the number was.

We seem to have something similar here.

>
>Now I am convinced that Leica forged ahead with the M8 with virtually no
>input from that 99.5% (i.e., the real world) and, we now know, with little
>to no real hands on testing by real world photographers -- other then, I
>suppose, by a select few whose blind acceptance that they could count on.
>
>This arrogance resulted in a flawed camera being released, I guess, because
>someone thought the dumb masses (i.e., the real world) wouldn't notice --
>and that they would fall over themselves to get their lunch hooks on one
>matter they came out with.
>
>And this lack of real world input resulted in a camera that some will never
>buy -- at any price -- no matter how technical perfect it may be (or become)
>because it is nowhere near a worthy or useful successor to the film M
>cameras..
>
>The couple year dance of anticipation with Leica over a digital M has now
>evaporated.
>
>Momma was right. No romance lasts forever...
>
>Dave.
>--
>My Photography: http://www.david-keenan.com
>My Blog: http://www.david-keenan.com/euroblog

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