Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2013/05/25

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Subject: [Leica] Leica Mini-M [was Re: REASONS why leica is so slow with M]
From: henningw at archiphoto.com (Henning Wulff)
Date: Sat, 25 May 2013 19:33:57 -0700
References: <CA+=0raDZMfEUOCsOm5+38t3r1vZM9vOvS-Wy1oXmU9eYhuyrqA@mail.gmail.com> <BC573CAF-90CB-4D5C-8E18-5B0EF45FDCB4@mac.com> <CAE3QcF6aM8tXsDpzpVEFBVck2QyGFqLZ7SCC+dXjTWTi6LbiGA@mail.gmail.com> <4D80D853-FD12-42EA-B7A6-C29316CDE605@comcast.net>

It's so hard to have a good discussion about a black box. Even arguing about 
it is hard. Kind of makes it difficult to drum up excitement. I'd like a 
peek inside before commenting further.

Henning




On 2013-05-24, at 7:16 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
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
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Henning Wulff
henningw at archiphoto.com






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