Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/12/20

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Subject: [Leica] Re: Unbelievable
From: jayanand at gmail.com (Jayanand Govindaraj)
Date: Sat Dec 20 06:45:17 2008
References: <200812192238.mBJMcWqP029064@server1.waverley.reid.org> <BLU121-DS680A361B7374EA7F19661D4F10@phx.gbl> <494CF6E0.1060702@mcclary.net>

They are trying this approach with Panasonic - but something at a lower
price point to the M8 that accepts M lenses would be nice. After all, if it
succeeds, they can reap a bonanza in the sales of lenses alone...
Cheers
Jayanand

On Sat, Dec 20, 2008 at 7:15 PM, Harrison McClary <lists@mcclary.net> wrote:

> They did something similar in the past with Minolta and the CL.  I think
> something like this in the digital age would be brilliant, a less expensive
> body to entice people to buy more glass and learn the joys or rangefinder
> photography. once you are hooked there is no alternative.
>
> Aram Langhans wrote:
>
>> But Harrison, the Leica bodies I have known are the epitome of simplicity
>> and lack of bells and whistles.  What could they possibly cut feature wise
>> to make an entry level camera?  The only thing they could do is cut the
>> quality.  Not what people expect from a Leica.
>>
>> Aram
>>
>
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Replies: Reply from lists at mcclary.net (Harrison McClary) ([Leica] Re: Unbelievable)
In reply to: Message from leicar at q.com (Aram Langhans) ([Leica] Re: Unbelievable)
Message from lists at mcclary.net (Harrison McClary) ([Leica] Re: Unbelievable)