Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/09/06
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]There are 2 small but repsected camera makers left, Hasselblad and Leica. Many of us own both. What makes Hasselblad so well received, at the enormous prices they charge, and yet Leica has problems with professional and amateur acceptance? Is there a lesson in here for Leitz? The biggest difference on the surface is that Leitz is, first and foremost, an optical house. Hasselblad is a mechanical house ( Zeiss designed and manufactured Lenses). (Acceptance being defined as making money through customer acceptance, not optical or mechanical performance.) Frank Filippone red735i@earthlink.net