[LRflex] Re: Leica insolvency temporarily cured.

David Young wrote:

>............... This is the second time in as many years that Leica has 
>teetered on the brink. Let's hope that the company can accelerate the 
>development of its Digital M camera, as this looks to be the one product that 
>might save this grand old lady of photography from functional irrelevance in 
>today's digital-oriented marketplace.
>Now if Leica had the inclination or wherewithal to produce its superb R series 
>lenses in fully functional mounts for major DLSR camera systems such as Canon, 
>they'd have a new source of revenue as well as enhanced market cache, 
>relevance, and distribution channel penetration. Possible? Yes! Likely? Who 
>knows?
>
Not very likely is it? I've always thought that Leica rather looked down 
it's nose at other camera manufacturers. They were none too keen on the 
Konica M mount camera and I expect they are not thrilled at the Bessa 
range either.

Reg
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