Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2013/06/11

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Subject: [Leica] Mini Me M release
From: scottgregory at mac.com (Scott Gregory)
Date: Tue, 11 Jun 2013 09:36:41 -0400
References: <CDDC9E9C.B4CD%mark@rabinergroup.com>

Mark I totally agree. What are they thinking?

A total let down. 


Scott


On 2013-06-11, at 9:30 AM, Mark Rabiner <mark at rabinergroup.com> wrote:

> 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.
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> --
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>>>> Photography
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>>>> 
>>>> 
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> 
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