[Leica] Mini Me M release

[jayanand at gmail.com (Jayanand Govindaraj)]

They are thinking about the gift market for ladies in China. This is a
pretty good product for that niche market, and would ad $$$$ to the
bottomline. They have to sell their products, you know! They were never
going to announce a Fuji killer - despite the fantasies on the list - it
would cannibalize their M240 market big time - they are not dumb.
Would any of you have actually bought one if it had better specs? I doubt
it. Why crib in that case?
Cheers
Jayanand


On Tue, Jun 11, 2013 at 7:06 PM, 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/
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
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> >
> >
> >
> >
> > --
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> > Photography
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> >
> >
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