Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2013/06/11
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Putting a zoom on an X does not as Leica specifically stated put it between an M and an X. it put it between an X and a Panasonic Lumix. Super bad thinking on the part of Leica. Not a step up from an X but two steps down. The stock holders will be happy about the lowering of the Brand. Whenever the classic point and shoots, Contax T, Nikon T, Ricoh GR, Minox 35 finally sold out with a zoom model which of course brought in the big bucks from the idiot crowds they were widely ignored and reviled by the connoisseurs; it was not good news. A fast unobtrusive and elegant camera became slow and bulgy. It was "time to make some money and pay some bills" news. Instead of a drum roll Leica needed to sneak this out with a whisper. While everyone was on vacation. ... A few of the famous film super compact 35's never came out in zoom versions. The Rollei 35 was one and I think also the Minox 35. On 6/11/13 9:01 AM, "Mark Rabiner" <mark at rabinergroup.com> wrote: > Very sad. > They said it would be an M. > but instead its an idiot X. > for people with more money than sense. > > They will look like they are shooting with a real Leica. > > Normally a thing rushed out like this I'd not believe for a second but the > fact that he's giving the UPC code of the camera as 799429184308 and the > UPC > code and price and code of all the accessories it does sound like a non > rumor. But a leak. And I'm fond of leaks now having seen the Wikileaks > movie. > Or they are good at making up lists UPC numbers. > I'm crossing my figures its a sick joke or a bad dream. > > > On 6/11/13 7:27 AM, "Nathan Wajsman" <photo at frozenlight.eu> wrote: > >> >> http://www.stevehuffphoto.com/2013/06/10/the-leica-x-vario-has-arrived-slow-z>> o >> om-and-all/ >> >> >> Op Di, 11 juni, 2013 12:31, schreef Mark Rabiner: >>> "In the constituent community of Burgsolms once stood the ancestral >>> castle >>> of the Counts and Princes of Solms, whose main lines were >>> Solms-Braunfels, >>> with their seat in Braunfels, and Solms-Hohensolms-Lich, with their seat >>> in >>> Lich." wiki >>> Its 12:25 11 June 2013 Central European Summer Time (CEST) +0200 UTC >>> And we've not heard from them yet. An Mpeg or a jpeg. A short bugle call. >>> Maybe when they get back from lunch in Solms they'll fire off a few >>> press >>> releases... We all need a release. I want a PDF. >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> 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 >>> >>> >> > > > -- Mark William Rabiner Photography http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/lugalrabs/