Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/04/21
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]> Geoff Hopkinson <hoppyman@bigpond.net.au> wrote: > >> I don't know if Leica can afford the luxury of such a flagship item >> either. > > Flagship products don't make money, they create a buzz for the entire > product > line. Leica needs a few such products that people can dream of when they > buy > their more "mundane" Summilux ASPH ;-) > > Doug Herr > Birdman of Sacramento > http://www.wildlightphoto.com > A 1.4 Summilux ASPH 50 for all that dough and all that technology would be their flagship as many see it and I do. I believe a 50 1.4 serves that function. And all the other cameras have them. Its a very basic piece of kit. Or should be. The Noctilux their Cr?me de la Cr?me pie on the sky flagship. The cherry on the whip cream on top of the desert. A kind of dream you hope you never get as you'd then have nothing left to wish for. To me it really doesn't compete against the Canon f1 or the Nikon f 1.2. Its kind of stands alone with out the need to compete. Mark William Rabiner markrabiner.com