I have been reading the German threads, the only thing that really comes across is that there is a lot of wishful thinking going on and that many Leica fans are very disappointed.
On the other hand, I think a lot of people are just expecting too much from a small, fringe company that has limited assets and is in the middle of a global, and of course local German, financial crisis.
I reckon that Leica currently has plenty of problems that are a lot bigger than satisfying the demands of R-users. As usual, the people at Leica are being very cagey, on the one hand they don't want to scare off their fans, on the other the don't want to promise what they can't deliver.
On a happier note - the much maligned white edition M8 has apparently sold out.
The current economic situation is hitting small and medium scale businesses here very hard, so whatever will be happening soon will be in the face of a lot of pressure from the credit providers who have very tight purse strings.
In my opinion, Leica will have to join with other companies to offer a range significantly below the S2, at the top of my list are Cosina and Panasonic.
Cheers Douglas a aa wrote:
Hi Douglas, Over on the l-camera-forum there was some discussion over whether the digital R solution proposed by the Leica Product Manager was merely 'adequate' or in fact 'good'. Also whether there would be 'no R-10' or no 'R-10 made by Leica'. Have you seen the German language threads on this topic, and, if so, are they clearer? Yes, it is like reading tea leaves, I know, but we are all wondering. Regards, 2009/6/13 Douglas Sharp <douglas.sharp@xxxxxx>:My guess is Cosina, They are the only independent, reasonably sized and high quality company with a boss who has declared an undying passion for Leica and, what's more important, they aren't producing a competing camera. They also have plenty of experience producing equipment for the other top brands I wouldn't be at all surprised at all if they weren't working something out with Leica. Cheers Douglas------ Unsubscribe or change to/from Digest Mode at: http://www.lrflex.furnfeather.net/ Archives are at: //www.freelists.org/archives/leicareflex/
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