Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2013/06/11
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]sounds like a replay of my Leica Z2X which feels decidely unLeica ric On Jun 11, 2013, at 9:36 AM, Scott Gregory <scottgregory at mac.com> wrote: > 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 > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information