Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/03/11
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]As I am one of the everyones, I find myself accused of a bewildering array of crimes which I do not recall committing. Perhaps not trotting out vague generalizations as statements of fact would help. I certainly will agree that you are complaining but about exactly what, I am not sure... John Collier On Mar 11, 2004, at 12:14 PM, grduprey@rockwellcollins.com wrote: > I don't buy this excuse. If Leica came out with this camera for the > same > or slightly more you would then complain it did not have an 11 or > greater > Megapixel sensor, AND no 1x factor. > > As justification for this statement, just look back to the M7 and MP. > Everyone was crying about the M series being terribly out of date and > no > auto exposure and electronic shutter. The M7 was announced and Boy > did the > critics jump on Leica for abandoning their traditional mechanical > cameras. > My Gosh! It even takes a whole 2 seconds to be ready to shoot after > it has > been turned on, The world will never survive! (Heck it takes me more > than > two seconds to get the camera up to my eye and even begin to decide > what I > want to shoot.). The world of M photography was now doomed, the > reliability and quality of the M had just been dumped into the depths > of > throw away cameras. > > Then we had, and still have those who have cried about the M series > being > cheapened ever since the M3 went out of production. They cried to > Leica to > bring back the all mechanical, no battery, no plastic anything, old > style > shutter dial, old style rewind knob camera. Leica brought out the MP > to > quell the cries. What happened? Everybody started complaining this > was a > Leica advertising scheme to justify making a backward 50 year old out > of > date camera and charge more money for it. I guess Leica's mistake was > to > leave the meter and battery in the camera for those who still wanted a > built in meter. > > The pattern is becoming very clear here, They give us what we want and > we > still complain. Another company gives us a facsimile of what we want > and > we praise it as being the next best thing to ___________ (Fill in the > blank). > > No I don't worship Leica, but I do get tired of hearing complaints > when all > they do is give us what we ask for. Yes I can use the delete key, but > even > that wears out with use. - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html