Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/09/13
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]All digital cameras are nothing more than a computer with a lens atached if you want to look at it that way. You could also apply this to the last series of AF film cameras for that matter. Interesting that everyone was bashing Leica for not producing a digital camera, and now that they are doing this they are getting bashed for producing just what everyone wanted, with everyone bashing them for producing a computer with a lens atached. Well this is just what you wanted and it is the same computer with a lens type of image maker that everyone else makes. Gene -------------- Original message from Craig Roberts <crgrbrts@verizon.net>: -------------- > "...it's a piece of computer equipment with a lens attached and as such > it will become outdated in the next 24-36 months." > > Not necessarily. Besides the arguments already presented, there's > another factor to consider. Digital devices have the capability of > being upgraded far more simply than mechanical ones. It's possible that > the M8 may someday become an M9 (or an M8-2) by the simple expedient of > a firmware update. An improved and enlarged sensor and supporting > circuits may be able to be retrofitted at some point as well as long as > the camera's chassis can accomodate the new electronic components. One > may be able to get a "new" Leica every few years for the fraction of > the cost of a whole new camera. > > Of course, no camera manufacturer to my knowledge has been forward > thinking enough to make their devices upgradeable, but it's certainly > possible and worth considering for the sake of customer retention. > > Craig > Washington, DC > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information