[LRflex] Re: Leica and the Reality Distortion Field
- From: David Young <dsy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <leicareflex@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 7 Jan 2015 12:36:49 -0800
Hi Douglas!
I've had the pleasure to meet Dr. Kaufmann, several times, and he is a fine
man. I'm afraid I am unaware of Blackstone's involvement.
For those also unaware, it's old news, but the details are here:
http://tinyurl.com/qjgc5wo
Still, I would not call Leica "innovative", these days. In 2006. when I first
met Dr. Kaufmann, he said that Leica were going to forge ahead, without the
endless stream of "special" or "collectible" models. Yet they continue.
Dr. Kaufmann has done wondrous things with Leica... a firm that, without him,
was headed for extinction. But, I would not call them "innovative"... unless
you call finally getting on the digital bandwagon (M8 & S2) innovative. To me,
they are more evolutionary, while the "T" is more a collectors/luxury camera
than a users machine.
If Leica wanted to innovate, they should have followed through with the DMR
for the R8 and R9. I personally owned one and think the DMR could have been a
game changer in the industry by giving photographers an upgrade path to newer
sensors without throwing away a perfectly good body. In fact, I suggested it to
then President, Steven Lee, noting that when they offered an upgraded back,
they could still offer the older generation(s), albiet at a lower price. I
think such a camera could have been a winner, but they obviously did not agree.
But, it would have been innovative.
Still, I cannot argue with the financial success and growth Herr Kaufmann has
brought to a dying firm. That's for sure!
David.
> Interesting - but!
>
> /"Don't let anyone fool you, R&D costs a lot of money
> and revolutionary (innovative) ideas entail a higher
> degree of risk than do evolutionary designs. //*Leica,
> being run by German conservatives*//, opted to spend
> its resources conservatively, banking on past glories,
> traditions, and the Leica Legend to help grow their
> brand."/
>
>
> Seems that the author has never heard of Dr Andreas
> Kaufmann (an Austrian, and anything but conservative)
> and a US investor by the name of Blackstone.
>
> Cheers
> Douglas
>
>
> On 05.01.2015 21:23, Aram Langhans wrote:
>>
>> The high end luxury lines of Toyota and Honda,
>> respectively.
>>
>> Aram
>>
>> Aram Langhans
>>
>> (Semi) Retired Science Teacher
>> & Unemployed photographer
>>
>> /"The Human Genome Project has proved Darwin more
>> right than Darwin himself would ever have dared
>> dream." James D. Watson///
>>
>> *From:*leicareflex-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> [mailto:leicareflex-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] *On Behalf
>> Of *philippe.amard
>> *Sent:* Monday, January 05, 2015 12:19 PM
>> *To:* leicareflex@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> *Subject:* [LRflex] Re: Leica and the Reality
>> Distortion Field
>>
>> Le 5 janv. 15 à 19:52, Aram Langhans a écrit :
>>
>>
>> Lexus an Acura produce cars that in many ways are
>> the equal or superior to Mercedes,
>>
>> Never heard of these, Acura am Lexii, but I also
>> hardly ever hear about Leica too these days ;-)
>>
>> Amities
>>
>> Philippe on the third leg of his fuji trip ;-)
>>
>> One sees clearly only with the heart. What is
>> essential is invisible to the eye. Antoine de Saint
>> Exupéry in Le Petit Prince.
>>
>> NO ARCHIVE
>>
>
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