[LRflex] Re: Leica insolvency temporarily cured.
- From: Reg <rronaldson@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: leicareflex@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 26 Aug 2005 14:06:07 +0100
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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