Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/10/19

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Subject: [Leica] Re: Rebadged 4/3 lenses
From: gregj.lorenzo at shaw.ca (GREG LORENZO)
Date: Thu Oct 19 18:35:32 2006
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G Hopkinson writes in part:

> Larry, Leica has already announced its version of the Panasonic 
> L1, being the Digilux 3. My personal view is that this is
> unattractive compared to the M8, for a Leica user. Of course as 
> part of the four thirds group it's reasonable to have a body within
> their range, just that it seems to have been made redundant by the 
> M8, for that particular market segment. 

This format reminds me of Kodak's last strange film format: APS.

I hope it works out (for Leica's sake) but I can't see it capturing a major 
market share. Digital APS?

Regards,

Greg
Replies: Reply from hoppyman at bigpond.net.au (G Hopkinson) ([Leica] Re: Rebadged 4/3 lenses)
 In reply to: Message from lrzeitlin at optonline.net (Lawrence Zeitlin) ([Leica] Re: Rebadged 4/3 lenses)
Message from hoppyman at bigpond.net.au (G Hopkinson) ([Leica] Re: Rebadged 4/3 lenses)