[LRflex] Re: Leica back in the black
- From: "William B. Abbott III" <captbilly3@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: leicareflex@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sat, 27 Nov 2010 15:21:58 -0800
Aram,
> I think you are right: But I know it ain't gonna happen."
I'm undecided whether I want a full frame camera or will be content with a
smaller sensor.
Actually, I don't know enough to understand the implications of the choice. Any
thoughts?
Bill
On Nov 27, 2010, at 10:36 AM, Aram Langhans wrote:
> Bill. I haven't bought my D7000 yet, so I have the same wish as you.
> Leica would be the only camera company to
> design a simple digital along the lines of the DMR/R8/9, but it would
> probably be folly for them to do so, and make it compatible with existing R
> lenses. So, I pursue my quest. Getting seriously close to the D7000
> purchase.
>
> Aram
>
> --------------------------------------------------
> From: "William B. Abbott III" <captbilly3@xxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Saturday, November 27, 2010 8:35 AM
> To: <leicareflex@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: [LRflex] Re: Leica back in the black
>
>> Douglas,
>>
>> That is good news after all that has transpired. I hope just some of those
>> Euros will gravitate toward the patiently waiting R users. Why do I say
>> that?
>>
>> Because in contemplating abandoning my R9/DMG for a brand X, what I have
>> discovered is that my major obstacle is not lenses and flare and
>> vignetting and MTBF, nor pixels or pixel density, but the mass of menus
>> and buttons I see in the brand X info compared to the utter simplicity (to
>> me) of the Leica controls I have come to know and love from my long, 37
>> year experience with both Leica M and R cameras. Simplicity reigns, or so
>> it appears to me.
>>
>> Obviously, hundreds of thousands of humans successfully navigate all the
>> brand X control schemes daily so they must work somehow, but the change is
>> intimidating to me; e.g., after about 10 years I still cannot figure out
>> much beyond the 3 or 4 most used commands in a little brand X p&s digital
>> camera I have. The instruction book, about the size of the camera, is, to
>> me, completely dense and all but unfathomable. I shudder every time I see
>> it.
>>
>> All the best,
>>
>> Bill
>>
>>
>> On Nov 27, 2010, at 5:49 AM, Douglas Sharp wrote:
>>
>>> This morning‚s paper here in Hannover reports:
>>>
>>> Thanks to new products, the camera manufacturer Leica
>>> is earning money again.
>>>
>>> In the first six months of the fiscal year 2010/2011,
>>> the company achieved a net profit of 9.8 million euros
>>> - following a net loss of 8. 5 million euros last year.
>>> Turnover increased from 59.5 to 110.8 (!!) million euros.
>>>
>>> They seem to be doing something right after all.
>>>
>>> Cheers
>>> Douglas
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
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