On Thu, Jun 12, 2008 at 10:43 AM, Mark Roberts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: <snip> > I think he inadvertently summed it up with this: "The Leica M3 of the > 1950's was an instant success, not because Leica held to quaint design > and outdated technology (i.e. the M8's removable bottom plate) in a > misplaced effort to attract classicists, but because they used new > technology to build a camera that was on the cutting edge of its time." > > Leica isn't building cameras for him, the real photojournalist, but for > "classicists", the kind of Leicaphiles who now constitute the majority > of their customer base. > >>>> http://web.mac.com/kamberm/Leica_M8_Field_Test,_Iraq
I thought exactly the same as you. It's amazing that one can buy virtually any consumer/entry-level dslr that outperforms the Leica at 1/20th the price. It's moot anyway, but when I'm ready to go digital rangefinder, I guess it'll be an Epson. Or does Voigtlander have theirs out yet? I haven't been paying attention... Pity that Leica has fallen so far so quickly. cheers, frank -- "Sharpness is a bourgeois concept." -Henri Cartier-Bresson -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
