Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/05/07
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Mark, I worry about the S2 success too, but I have no pro market knowledge at all. That is what Leica has committed to, you have to accept the reality unless you have a few million spare Euro to contribute. No new 24x36 digital M anytime soon. Wishing won't make it so ;-) But you can get into the digital M market right now and just use all of the 19 other current models if you want. Or of course there must be some of the other few million produced still floating around! Obviously there's nothing comparable to the 3 new very fast designs from the other makers. Never mind, we shall have to continue to agree to disagree on the significance of the 1.33 crop factor for the M8. (but ask the other LUG members that shoot their great glass on their M8's if you want) I'll try to bite my tongue next time ;-) 2009/5/7 Mark Rabiner <mark at rabinergroup.com> > Geoff I don't object to fast cutting edge lenses I love them but shooting > through just the middle of them does not justify the size, weight and > especially the cost. We've been through this before maybe we're saying it > better this time. > > I can't see how Leica is going to do well competing against Fujiblad a > camera which is mainly rented by pros by the day with a guy running a big > monitor and the software which goes with it. > Not bought. > Rented. > Borrowed. > That awesome amount of money behind the R&D on the S system could surely > have put us in business with the Leica glass we shot film with in the 90's. > Leica might be making an S outa themselves my pappy would have > said................................ > > -- > Cheers > Geoff > 'Life's not B&W, except at both ends' > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/gh/ > http://www.pbase.com/hoppyman >