Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2013/06/11
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Mark I totally agree. What are they thinking? A total let down. Scott On 2013-06-11, at 9:30 AM, Mark Rabiner <mark at rabinergroup.com> wrote: > Putting a zoom on an X does not as Leica specifically stated put it between > an M and an X. > it put it between an X and a Panasonic Lumix. > Super bad thinking on the part of Leica. > Not a step up from an X but two steps down. > The stock holders will be happy about the lowering of the Brand. > > Whenever the classic point and shoots, Contax T, Nikon T, Ricoh GR, Minox > 35 > finally sold out with a zoom model which of course brought in the big bucks > from the idiot crowds they were widely ignored and reviled by the > connoisseurs; it was not good news. > A fast unobtrusive and elegant camera became slow and bulgy. > It was "time to make some money and pay some bills" news. > > Instead of a drum roll Leica needed to sneak this out with a whisper. While > everyone was on vacation. > > ... A few of the famous film super compact 35's never came out in zoom > versions. The Rollei 35 was one and I think also the Minox 35. > > > On 6/11/13 9:01 AM, "Mark Rabiner" <mark at rabinergroup.com> wrote: > >> Very sad. >> They said it would be an M. >> but instead its an idiot X. >> for people with more money than sense. >> >> They will look like they are shooting with a real Leica. >> >> Normally a thing rushed out like this I'd not believe for a second but the >> fact that he's giving the UPC code of the camera as 799429184308 and the >> UPC >> code and price and code of all the accessories it does sound like a non >> rumor. But a leak. And I'm fond of leaks now having seen the Wikileaks >> movie. >> Or they are good at making up lists UPC numbers. >> I'm crossing my figures its a sick joke or a bad dream. >> >> >> On 6/11/13 7:27 AM, "Nathan Wajsman" <photo at frozenlight.eu> wrote: >> > http://www.stevehuffphoto.com/2013/06/10/the-leica-x-vario-has-arrived-slow-z>> > o >>> om-and-all/ >>> >>> >>> Op Di, 11 juni, 2013 12:31, schreef Mark Rabiner: >>>> "In the constituent community of Burgsolms once stood the ancestral >>>> castle >>>> of the Counts and Princes of Solms, whose main lines were >>>> Solms-Braunfels, >>>> with their seat in Braunfels, and Solms-Hohensolms-Lich, with their seat >>>> in >>>> Lich." wiki >>>> Its 12:25 11 June 2013 Central European Summer Time (CEST) +0200 UTC >>>> And we've not heard from them yet. An Mpeg or a jpeg. A short bugle >>>> call. >>>> Maybe when they get back from lunch in Solms they'll fire off a few >>>> press >>>> releases... We all need a release. I want a PDF. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Mark William Rabiner >>>> Photography >>>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/lugalrabs/ >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Leica Users Group. >>>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > > -- > Mark William Rabiner > Photography > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/lugalrabs/ > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information