Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2013/05/24
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Hard to tell What the hell from a picture of a box. Don't get your hopes up. On Fri, May 24, 2013 at 9:30 PM, Richard Taylor <r.s.taylor at comcast.net>wrote: > Tina - That might be part of the problem, but I'm still amazed at the lack > of enthusiasm. This might be the camera many of us have been waiting for. > I know I've been disappointed by the trail Leica has been following lately > and maybe that's affecting others, too. > > I for one am cautiously hopeful about the camera based on comments made by > Leica during the last meeting at Wetzlar, but we'll see. > > Dick > > > > On May 24, 2013, at 10:21 PM, Tina Manley wrote: > > > Well, the LUG has been down for two days and the mini was just announced. > > That could have something to do with the lack of comments! The mini > > sounds interesting since it is not Panasonic and is made by Leica in > > Germany. I would want to know more. > > > > Tina > > > > > > On Fri, May 24, 2013 at 10:16 PM, Richard Taylor <r.s.taylor at > > comcast.net > >wrote: > > > >> What amazes me most about the Leica announcement of the Mini M is the > yawn > >> it seems to have received from the LUG. I wouldn't say the LUF was > exactly > >> ablaze with excitement ... > >> > >> > http://www.l-camera-forum.com/leica-forum/leica-m9-forum/285598-mini-m.html > >> > >> ... but we're absolutely moribund about it. > >> > >> That is astonishing, if you think about it. > >> > >> Dick > >> > >> > >> > >> On May 24, 2013, at 9:35 PM, Geoff Hopkinson wrote: > >> > >>> It's not a rumour, George. It is up on the official site and their blog > >> as > >>> a teaser to increase interest I guess. > >>> I don't know that they are concerned with competing with FujiFilm > though. > >>> Different market segments. I don't think that it will compete with the > M > >>> Typ 240 either and for the same reason. Still I'm not a business > manager. > >>> The new Leica has been in development for at least 3 years I believe. > >>> > >>> > >>> *Breathe in, breathe out, move on* -- Jimmy Buffett > >>> > >>> Cheers > >>> Geoff > >>> http://www.pbase.com/hoppyman > >>> > >>> > >>> On 25 May 2013 11:03, George Lottermoser <imagist3 at mac.com> wrote: > >>> > >>>> > >>>> On May 23, 2013, at 9:36 AM, mehrdad wrote: > >>>> > >>>>> > >>>> > >> > http://photorumors.com/2013/05/23/leica-coming-out-with-a-mini-m-camera-on-june-11/?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+PhotoRumors+%28PhotoRumors.com%29 > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> they are working on another camera!! > >>>> > >>>> they trying to put their finger in the hole that Fuji drilled in the > >> dike? > >>>> > >>>> Regards, > >>>> George Lottermoser > >>>> george at imagist.com > >>>> http://www.imagist.com > >>>> http://www.imagist.com/blog > >>>> http://www.linkedin.com/in/imagist > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> _______________________________________________ > >>>> 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 > >> > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Leica Users Group. > >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > >> > >> > > > > > > -- > > Tina Manley, ASMP > > www.tinamanley.com > > > > _______________________________________________ > > 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 > -- Regards, Sonny http://sonc.com/look/ Natchitoches, Louisiana USA