frank theriault wrote: > 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 and outdated technology (i.e. the M8's removable bottom plate) in a 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 > Unfortunately, the Epson is the Voightlander, and more unfortunate is that Epson doesn't seem in any hurry to produce a follow on product and just to make this sentence more unwieldy, one of the problems of the Epson/Voightlander is the lack of good wide angle lenses, due to the crop factor.
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