[Leica] Re: Digital Leica back

[pklein at 2alpha.net (Peter Klein)]

And long live George and Alastair!  :-)

Thanks for putting things into perspective.  Sometimes we can't see the 
forest because we're too busy criticizing the saplings.

--Peter

On Dec 8, 2006, at 5:36 PM, Alastair Firkin wrote:
 > This is my point. I still believe we are lucky to have this choice.

At 04:00 PM 12/8/2006 -0800, George Lottermoser wrote:

>And I give a hearty second to this belief.
>
>And if we continue to support their serious efforts I have to believe
>that that they will continue to play and bring us more and better
>mechano/optical/electronic instruments.
>
>Further, if another company sees a demand for precision rangefinder
>digital cameras the competition may even drive the bus to greater
>heights.
>
>This list was birthed for love of the finest rangefinder cameras ever
>made. Nikon had fine ones and dropped the ball. Canon had fine ones
>and dropped the ball. Leica kept building them. We all (most of us)
>know the very real difference between RF and SLR. We know when to
>pick up which and why. We also know the difference between film
>digital and when to pickup which and why.
>
>The days when pj's carried Ms for wide and SLRs for long may very
>well return due to the M8.
>
>Long live digital capture competing with film for speed and resolution.
>Long live Kodachrome.
>Long live Leica optics.
>Long live M's and including M8s.
>Long live Alpa, Polaroid, Blad, Rollei Zeiss, and all the wonderful
>choices our world of photography has presented us with.
>
>Regards,
>George
>george@imagist.com