[LRflex] Re: R lens users
- From: Steve Barbour <steve.barbour@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: leicareflex@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sat, 12 Sep 2009 13:40:20 -0700
so they are going for a new S2 market, and ignoring the R market that has
been faithful forever...
business, not nice, and remains to be seen if it will work,
Steve
On Wed, Sep 9, 2009 at 6:12 PM, charles rabaa <rabaa_family@xxxxxxxxxxxx>wrote:
> Hey Andy
>
> some very wise words in your e-mail.
>
> It seems to me that Leica can and will only be interested in new sales..
>
> What probably is the truth that Leica either doesnt know or doesn't care
> about how their products are used after sale. A lot of the chat on this
> site deals with purchasing second hand gear, which doesnt net Leica a cent
> in revenue.
>
> Do you know if anyone tells Leica what they should be doing, in respect of
> using Leica R glass. I suspect not.
> Leica have put themselves in such an expensive niche market that is
> difficult to see that they can ultimately survive. This is so particularly,
> with the current economic malaise.
>
> I have an R5 with 3 lens and it will take a strong argument for me to park
> the body and move to digital. I have to admit that digital is very
> convenient though.
>
> New Leica equipment is extremely expensive in Australia, with the number
> of dealers shrinking quickly , hence little competition, for a miniscule
> market.
>
> Keep up the good work, interesting and quality material passes through the
> site.
>
> regards
>
> Peter Rabaa
> Brisbane - Australia
>
>
> --- On *Thu, 10/9/09, Andy Wagner <yxandy2001@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>* wrote:
>
>
> From: Andy Wagner <yxandy2001@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: [LRflex] Re: R lens users
> To: leicareflex@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Received: Thursday, 10 September, 2009, 10:28 AM
>
>
> Philippe
> Let's get our facts right David Young brought us together on this list not
> Leica:-) and for that I thank him. Lets face it we all love our R glass but
> it is the skill of the user that really defines great pictures. I feel
> privilaged to be in the company of this list.
> Now as for Leica, something is drastically wrong there. They have a very
> dedicated following in the R-users that they have totally ignored --first
> with the DMR fiassco, then with the vapor 10 and now with no word on the
> promise of something compatible with our glass. Do you really wonder why
> they are in trouble and scrambling? How many followers have they lost due to
> their missteps. Instead of the x1 p&s couldn't they have taken the startup
> cash and converted the R-9 to digital. They've got the ideal body to start
> with and the removal of some unneeded hardware on the inside they could have
> had a real winner. It seems to me that everyone on this list doesn't give a
> rat's behind if the camare has a hundred different bells, button, or
> whistles. Just give us an SLR where we can set the shutter speed, f-stop and
> ISO, focus confirmation, and in camera stabilization we're good to go.
> If they would have introduced that, I guarentee that 99% of the people just
> on this list would have tripped over each other to get their hands on one.
> What Leica doesn't realize is that right now they have a very dedicated
> following of R-users whose patience with broken promises is growing very,
> very thin and they are sending profits to other camera manufactures because
> they refuse to recognize the R-users out here.
>
> ------ >--
> Regards
> YXAndy
>
>
> --- On *Wed, 9/9/09, Philippe Amard <philippe.amard@xxxxxx>* wrote:
>
>
> From: Philippe Amard <philippe.amard@xxxxxx>
> Subject: [LRflex] Re: R lens users
> To: leicareflex@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Cc: "Leica Users Group" <lug@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Date: Wednesday, September 9, 2009, 2:06 PM
>
> Ok 999 is a sad day for many - yet, at least Leica, in spite of its
> multiple failures, have managed to get us together online and share
> pictures, and friendly and gay banter - this is one major achievement to my
> eyes, bigger than any other, to my eyes, only?
> Bien amicalement de Metz
> Philippe
>
>
> Michiel Fokkema wrote:
>
> > I must admit that Leica has developed some incredible products in just a
> few years. The S2 and the M9 seem to be fine cameras and classics already.
> > But, where is the promised solution for the R lens users? I might have
> missed something here?
> > I'm quit happy using my R lenses on the Canon, but was hoping for
> something more substantial from Leica.
> >
> >
> > Cheers,
> >
> > Michiel Fokkema
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