Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/12/20
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Jayanand, I was meaning just that, a M mount that is less expensive to introduce more people to the thrills of Leica. The CL was just this, not an M by any means, but still a decent enough camera and it used M lenses. The Pana/Leicas are nice, I just bought one for my daughter...but an M or even a "pretend" M it is not. Jayanand Govindaraj wrote: > 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 >>> >>> >> -- >> Harrison McClary >> Harrison McClary Photography >> harrison@mcclary.net >> http://www.mcclary.net >> ImageStockSouth - Stock Photography >> http://www.imagestocksouth.com >> Tobacco Road: Personal Blog: >> http://www.mcclary.net/blog >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > -- Harrison McClary Harrison McClary Photography harrison@mcclary.net http://www.mcclary.net ImageStockSouth - Stock Photography http://www.imagestocksouth.com Tobacco Road: Personal Blog: http://www.mcclary.net/blog