Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/02/19
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Ted, that's a very good point. I just picked up my 2nd M body, a chrome .58 M6TTL, and finding a used sample in great condition was as easy as a quick trip to Best Buy :-) But I guess I also have some non-traditional desires for the M platform. I'd love a company to pick up the ball and give me a nicer TTL flash system (horrors!) with more options (like Nikon's, I guess), a built in spot meter, maybe an integrated autowind film body, and of course, a nice stream of digital RF bodies going forward. Just dreaming, I guess :-) That said, in spite of my Nikon film and digital kits (FM3a and D70), I shoot 90% of my pics with my M6TTL(s) and FP4+/HP5+ and the little SF24 flash. And I'm having a complete hoot doing so. Scott Ted Grant wrote: > Scott McLoughlin said:: > Subject: Re: [Leica] Leica Solms LUG LHSA Buyout > > >> Smallish, elegantly designed body. RF focusing. Smallish, excellent, >> interchangable prime >> lenses. Great build quality. >> >> If other companies (Zeiss?) will deliver these goods in a sustained >> (that means digital at >> some point) fashion into the future, I guess I don't really care >> about Leica. But right now, >> Leica delivers the goods described above.<,,,,, > > > But Scott if you already own one, a Leica M of some kind or several, > and there's thousands of M's floating about the world for at least the > next 40 years, who the hell cares if the mother company goes belly up? > All this whining, hand wringing by others, save the company buy a > bunch of cameras crap is rediculous for a company that's been dragging > it's ass back in the 30's, '40's & 50's when it was the greatest. I > can't believe some of the silly concerns it's almost like if they > crash and burn every owner in the world will die immediately with > them? Nonsense! > > I've got 3 M7's, an M6, 3 R8's an SL and a couple of older RF models, > 1932 etc. And if Leica folds in Solms tomorow the only thing I feel > sorry for are the people working there. But I'll still have my Leicas > and I've got lots of film despite the fact I haven't shot a roll in > months because I'm doing 20D digital with my adapted Leica glass! But > I know I've got a Leica or three I can use for the next 50 years, so > who needs the mother company? > > ted > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information