Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/12/18
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Kind of, you didn't sell a Nikon lens or two to buy an M9 rather than a D700 though ;-) Also the S2 is at the more educated end, so not the same worry about buttons. What would be a worry to me, if in the market, would be the range of available lenses. I know they are catching up, but compared to a system with the full range of lenses....... john > -----Original Message----- > As far as the whole digital thing goes, John we're at day one. > Its the 1840's. > Ni?pce has died and Daguerre is picking up the pieces. > Talbot's trying to figure out how to unclog his Epson. > Nobody knows what any of the buttons on the camera or menu's do. > Everybody's asking everybody else. By telegram. > They're looking at the monitor at the back of the camera and going > "?WHAT > HATH GOD WROUGHT?? > It's an exciting time. We can all we we were there when it all came > down. > I'm planning on taking credit for some of it. Can't decide what yet. > I think I'll claim to have come up with the unsharp mask. Whose going > to > argue? > > > -------------------- > Mark William Rabiner > > > From: John McMaster <john at chiaroscuro.co.nz> > > Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> > > Date: Sun, 19 Dec 2010 18:22:48 +1300 > > To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> > > Subject: Re: [Leica] Joint sales figures for M9 and S2 > > > > I think Leica may have been a couple of years too late, even > Hasselblad > > changed the complete line for digital. That is when a move to a > competitor > > is likely to be made IMO, not once bought into a new system. > > > > john > > > >> -----Original Message----- > >> > >> Leica is serious.... but maybe the market is not big enough even for > a > >> niche player in this market....... > > > >