Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/02/09
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On 2004-02-09 <bdcolen@earthlink.net (B. D. Colen)> thoughtfully wrote: >The only >thing that will save the company is producing quality products - which >it does - for which there is a strong market - which it does not now do. This is the essence of the problem for Leica, of course. They are faced with a problem: the digital revolution is sweeping through the photographic business. Leica's strength is superb optics and build quality. The optics are still wasted on state-of-the-art digital sensors and build quality doesn't mean much unless you provide a way to swap out the sensor part of the camera. Sure they give good results but so will the lesser lenses, witness the Sony and Olympus digitals. I'd like the idea, a lot, of even a factory exchangeable back so that as the technology improved we could take advantage of that. More pixels or better sensitivity, or both, to keep the investment in lenses and support equipment within bounds. If Leica found a way to do this they would have a product worthy of continued investment. If they want to make the digital R back feel like a reasonable investment they'd offer some form of technological security so you could upgrade. Oh well. It's only a dream. Adam - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html