Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/05/11
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Yeh, Chris, troublemaker. On Fri, May 11, 2012 at 8:52 AM, chris williams <zoeica at mac.com> wrote: > It's all my fault. I mentioned I wanted two M9M's. I got greedy and the > haters started occupying. Next time I'll just ask for one! > > > > Chris Williams > 504-231-6261 > www.zoeicaimages.net > > Sent from my iholga > > > On May 11, 2012, at 12:36 AM, Geoff Hopkinson <hopsternew at gmail.com> > wrote: > > > Fair go guys! How did discussion of new Leica products get taken over by > > an Occupy LUG movement? > > I respect people's personal circumstances of course but in my view these > > socio/political discussions don't belong in this open forum. > > > > Leica Camera announced some new products that are expensive and will only > > sell to a niche market. > > That ought to be a very familiar scenarion to all and despite whatever > > economic conditions recently Leica Camera has done better than for many > > years and is selling everything that they can make. In the case of M > lenses > > especially, into a long waiting list too. > > > > I'm unlikely to buy any M Monochrom but I can certainly see the appeal to > > dedicated photographers such as Tina. > > The new APO Summicron ASPH is a remarkable achievement too and yes the > > price is very high indeed. > > I'm looking forward to what their advances will mean for the next > > generation M as well. Some may have noticed that Leica Camera has booked > a > > much larger area for the coming Photokina this time. I doubt that we've > > heard of all of their new products announcements for 2012 yet either. > > > > > > Cheers, > > Geoff > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > -- -Lew S.