Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2013/05/24
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]my dealer thinks it is a micro forth third as nathan suggested with some leica lenses? though when he contacted his rep, he did not even know about the announcement On Fri, May 24, 2013 at 7:40 PM, Sonny Carter <sonc.hegr at gmail.com> wrote: > Hard to tell > What the hell > from a picture > of a box. > > Don't get your hopes up. > > > On Fri, May 24, 2013 at 9:30 PM, Richard Taylor <r.s.taylor at comcast.net > >wrote: > > > Tina - That might be part of the problem, but I'm still amazed at the > lack > > of enthusiasm. This might be the camera many of us have been waiting > for. > > I know I've been disappointed by the trail Leica has been following > lately > > and maybe that's affecting others, too. > > > > I for one am cautiously hopeful about the camera based on comments made > by > > Leica during the last meeting at Wetzlar, but we'll see. > > > > Dick > > > > > > > > On May 24, 2013, at 10:21 PM, Tina Manley wrote: > > > > > Well, the LUG has been down for two days and the mini was just > announced. > > > That could have something to do with the lack of comments! The mini > > > sounds interesting since it is not Panasonic and is made by Leica in > > > Germany. I would want to know more. > > > > > > Tina > > > > > > > > > On Fri, May 24, 2013 at 10:16 PM, Richard Taylor < > r.s.taylor at comcast.net > > >wrote: > > > > > >> What amazes me most about the Leica announcement of the Mini M is the > > yawn > > >> it seems to have received from the LUG. I wouldn't say the LUF was > > exactly > > >> ablaze with excitement ... > > >> > > >> > > > http://www.l-camera-forum.com/leica-forum/leica-m9-forum/285598-mini-m.html > > >> > > >> ... but we're absolutely moribund about it. > > >> > > >> That is astonishing, if you think about it. > > >> > > >> Dick > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> On May 24, 2013, at 9:35 PM, Geoff Hopkinson wrote: > > >> > > >>> It's not a rumour, George. It is up on the official site and their > blog > > >> as > > >>> a teaser to increase interest I guess. > > >>> I don't know that they are concerned with competing with FujiFilm > > though. > > >>> Different market segments. I don't think that it will compete with > the > > M > > >>> Typ 240 either and for the same reason. Still I'm not a business > > manager. > > >>> The new Leica has been in development for at least 3 years I believe. > > >>> > > >>> > > >>> *Breathe in, breathe out, move on* -- Jimmy Buffett > > >>> > > >>> Cheers > > >>> Geoff > > >>> http://www.pbase.com/hoppyman > > >>> > > >>> > > >>> On 25 May 2013 11:03, George Lottermoser <imagist3 at mac.com> wrote: > > >>> > > >>>> > > >>>> On May 23, 2013, at 9:36 AM, mehrdad wrote: > > >>>> > > >>>>> > > >>>> > > >> > > > http://photorumors.com/2013/05/23/leica-coming-out-with-a-mini-m-camera-on-june-11/?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+PhotoRumors+%28PhotoRumors.com%29 > > >>>>> > > >>>>> > > >>>>> they are working on another camera!! > > >>>> > > >>>> they trying to put their finger in the hole that Fuji drilled in the > > >> dike? > > >>>> > > >>>> Regards, > > >>>> George Lottermoser > > >>>> george at imagist.com > > >>>> http://www.imagist.com > > >>>> http://www.imagist.com/blog > > >>>> http://www.linkedin.com/in/imagist > > >>>> > > >>>> > > >>>> > > >>>> > > >>>> > > >>>> > > >>>> _______________________________________________ > > >>>> Leica Users Group. > > >>>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more > information > > >>>> > > >>> > > >>> _______________________________________________ > > >>> Leica Users Group. > > >>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > >> > > >> > > >> _______________________________________________ > > >> Leica Users Group. > > >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > >> > > >> > > > > > > > > > -- > > > Tina Manley, ASMP > > > www.tinamanley.com > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Leica Users Group. > > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Leica Users Group. > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > > > -- > Regards, > > Sonny > http://sonc.com/look/ > Natchitoches, Louisiana > > USA > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > -- ------------------------------------- regards, mehrdad