Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/12/08
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Keep saving your pennies as well. I expect you will need a lot of them. I still have 6 lenses, two with ROM that I hope will prove to be very useful. Cheers, Len On Dec 8, 2008, at 5:34 AM, H&ECummer wrote: > Hi Luggers, > When Henning and I sat with Maike at Photokina to be shown the S2 > she told us that she would be turning her attention to the R10 in > the new year after the S2 was launched. > I asked but she wouldn't be pinned down on a specific time. > Believing her, I have kept four of my R lenses in anticipation of > the R10. > Cheers, > Howard > >> Message: 12 >> Date: Mon, 8 Dec 2008 12:52:40 +1100 >> From: "hoppyman@bigpond.net.au" <hoppyman@bigpond.net.au> >> Subject: Re: [Leica] Bad news at Leica >> To: Leica Users Group <lug@leica-users.org> >> Cc: wildlightphoto@earthlink.net >> >> I'm with Doug on Maike's statements here. You can see several >> interviews with her on line and she is THE person who knows. No- >> one but Dr Kaufmann would be better informed on the R10. >> >> Leica have committed to the R10 as their next camera and stated >> that the M9 will follow. The R10 was explicitly advertised at >> Photokina as coming and Dr Kaufmann has also said the same. >> Cheers >> San Francisco Hoppy >> ---- wildlightphoto@earthlink.net wrote: >>> I'm just reporting what she said, Mark. I didn't try to verify >>> any of it. However any time Leica officials have made predictive >>> statements like this they've been right. It's as though they >>> have inside information. >>> >>> Doug Herr >>> Birdman of Sacramento >>> http://www.wildlightphoto.com >>> >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>>> From: Mark Rabiner <mark@rabinergroup.com> >>>> Sent: Dec 7, 2008 5:06 PM >>>> To: Leica Users Group <lug@leica-users.org> >>>> Subject: Re: [Leica] Bad news at Leica >>>> >>>> I put the if in there because I don't quite believe it. >>>> I think they'd given up the R system but there was such a fuss >>>> when the S >>>> came out and it was like they'd given it up they quickly on a PR >>>> level said >>>> "OK already we'll do an R". I wonder if they really do have >>>> people on it or >>>> not. Even if they are nicely capitalized now the S system cost >>>> millions to >>>> develop. Sure some of that technology can go into the R but I >>>> think it a >>>> stretch to blend that into "sure we're working on the R too". >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> mark@rabinergroup.com >>>> Mark William Rabiner >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>>> From: "wildlightphoto@earthlink.net" >>>>> <wildlightphoto@earthlink.net> >>>>> Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug@leica-users.org> >>>>> Date: Sun, 7 Dec 2008 16:07:56 -0800 (GMT-08:00) >>>>> To: Leica Users Group <lug@leica-users.org> >>>>> Subject: Re: [Leica] Bad news at Leica >>>>> >>>>> Mark Rabiner wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> I think its a good chance when and if the digital >>>>>> R body comes out it will be FF. 24x36mm format. >>>>> >>>>> Maike Harberts has said as much, and more. But she didn't say >>>>> "if". >>>>> >>>>> Doug Herr >>>>> Birdman of Sacramento >>>>> http://www.wildlightphoto.com >>>>> >>>> > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information