Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/01/14

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Subject: [Leica] 20D Leica portrait
From: mail at gpsy.com (Karen Nakamura)
Date: Fri Jan 14 21:17:27 2005
References: <BCEKKGNGDPMOIPMEJONBIEBPHAAA.phong@doan-ltd.com>

>
>My guess is that Canon has no interest in such
>a venture.
>

I interned with Canon once many many years ago. They suffer from two things:

* Engineering genius
* A serious case of NIH Syndrome (Not Invented Here)

Basically Canon is very reluctant to work with other companies. They 
don't contract their lenses or bodies out to other companies to 
manufacture (unlike Nikon or Minolta) and they don't like other 
companies producing lenses in EF mount, going to ends to break 
compatibility.

It's disappointing, really.

Karen
http://www.photoethnography.com/ClassicCameras/
http://www.photoethnography.com/blog/

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