Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/03/16
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At 6:43 PM -0800 01.3.15, Stephen Gandy wrote: >Unlike Leica for the past quarter of a century or so since the discontinued >CL, Cosina is trying to offer people a low cost way into the M system. > >Jim Brick wrote: > > People will buy the Bessa-T, find the problems that common sense should > > have dictated, then try to sell them. Obviously, Bessa-T is not a camera for everyone. IMO, Cosina did not intend to make it as an entry M camera (which possibly will appear in the future in collaboration with Leica). As Tom A described, this is a strange camera but in a good way. Apparently, Japanese camera manufacturers believe that silver-based photography will be for the most par a subject of hobby and are trying to create demand from amateur photographers who now have divergent tastes and want something different. As far as I know, those who are interested in buying Bessa-T have more than one Leica cameras. Time will tell. - -- Mikiro @ Strasbourg http://arbos.silva.net