Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/09/09
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Fully agree with the praise for the various Leica SLRs. I owned an SL2 and an R8 and both were simply awesome picture-taking machines, especially the R8. The trouble is that they flopped in the marketplace, and hence yes, they got no respect where it matters most: when the customer has the wallet/credit card in her hands. That is a fact, and however much we moan about it, Leica is not a charity but a business, and a business must produce things people will buy in sufficient quantity to generate a profit. Sadly, as much as some of us love Leica SLRs, none of them ever met that criterion. Nathan Nathan Wajsman Alicante, Spain http://www.frozenlight.eu http://www.greatpix.eu http://www.nathanfoto.com PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws Blog: http://www.fotocycle.dk/blog YNWA On Sep 9, 2010, at 8:38 PM, Seth Rosner wrote: > Hello old friends! > > > > I've been off the LUG listserv for some time, time being the issue. But I > take the compact batched versions and scan topics that interest. this one > interests me since, as I've written Doug Herr and George Lottermoser > off-list, I have several R-lenses - most are absolutely world-class - that > I'd love to use in my beginner digital world (I'm still stuck on an M8.2) > and a Leicaflex SL). > > > > The problem with this discussion with Mark R., also an old LHSA friend, is > that Mark has strayed from his initial comment that triggered the debate. > What he wrote is that the R-system got no respect. He now states that what > he originally said was that it didn't get the same respect as the M-system > and is now trying to defend what he did NOT say. His second statement (that > he did not make initially) is true but only if one measures respect solely > by sales. His original statement is utterly false. While the R-system > never > had, nor ever professed even to want to have, all the bells and whistles of > Nikon and Canon, what Leitz/Leica DID offer in their SLR's were the finest, > highest quality, most reliable and indestructible SLR cameras ever made, to > this day. Ask the folks who service and repair them, as I have. In fact, > every one of them with whom I have spoken uniformly say that the Leicaflex > SL is the only SLR camera ever made with the build quality of the Leica > M3. > The R-cameras were, and are to this day, not only respected, but > photographers who actually knew them and used them were in awe. And > EVERYONE > acknowledged that R-glass was the best in the world. > > > > Further deponent knoweth naught. > > > > Seth Rosner > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >