Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/11/17
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I'd love to know why, too, David. A lot of people on this list are thinking about buying an M8 and follow the M8 threads with interest. So any valuable and rational argument pro or con would interest them immensely. Philippe Op 17-nov-06, om 22:49 heeft SonC@aol.com het volgende geschreven: > In a message dated 11/17/2006 3:22:47 P.M. Central Standard Time, > ausdlk@gmail.com writes: > > I didn't mean to slam the M5 necessarily by my "shades of the M5" > comment. > > I have not used one but I know that many people like it even > though it is > definitely something of an Edsel of a camera.... > ---------------------- > Hmm, the Edsel failed because it was too much like the other Fords, ( > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edsel) while some say the M5 failed > because it was > too different from other M cameras. Stephen Gandy has a plausible > explanation: > > "For decades the M5 existed in relative obscurity as "the Leica > failure," a > title I don't think it really deserves. As explained on my CL > page, I think > a most of the M5's sales problems had to do with the lower priced and > extremely successful Leica CL." > > That aside, it is really difficult for me to understand how using a > camera > for a week can make a man display so much vitriol toward a camera > and the > creators of that camera. > > > > Regards, > Sonny > http://www.sonc.com > Natchitoches, Louisiana > Oldest continuous settlement in La Louisiane > ?galit?, libert?, crawfish > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >