Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2013/05/26
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Leica releasing something new & not making us wait years for the next Photokina? On Mon, May 27, 2013 at 1:33 AM, Mark Rabiner <mark at rabinergroup.com> wrote: > I agree Geoff Leica announces a milestone camera with a ton of innovations > and it comes out perfectly as advertized the day they say its going to with > no problems. That's news. That's man bites dog. > A delay? That's not even news. That's dog bites man. > > As anyone whose followed Leica for more than a few years knows that even in > the old days when a huge shift of technology was not going on it it was > quite common for there to be some gremlins in the planning. > Loose Lugs is one of the more common reasons. Its the first one I think of. > That has happened at least twice before with two other cameras in my > memory. > Not that its not ironic that with the much higher level of complexity the > cameras have now in the digital age with all the higher level quality > controll needed it a LUG again which stalls the boat. But it can happen and > it did. Reality is so much more fun than fiction. > > But to someone who really has no intention of spending seven grand on a > camera in a million years a stall in a camera release means the entire > camera company is not valid. It's making jewelry for billionaires. > Wow you're vindicated now! Keep shooting with your cropped Pentax! > > As if if there was a camera in that box and it was offered to you at half > price you'd buy it. > As you're not going to spend 3.5 grand on a camera body either. > There's no auto focus is there? No ground glass... > > > On 5/25/13 12:56 AM, "Geoff Hopkinson" <hopsternew at gmail.com> wrote: > > > Richard the interest in the M Typ 240 here was not much different, I > guess. > > I think we only have a couple of people who have received them thus far > to > > share photos too. Heaven knows how long until the Mini M is in someone's > > hands. > > > > Different cultures between LUG and L Camera Forum too. > > On May 25, 2013 12:17 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-ju > >> > ne-11/?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+PhotoRu > >> mors+%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 > >> > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Leica Users Group. > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > > -- > Mark William Rabiner > Photography > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/lugalrabs/ > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >