barjohn
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Here is what Leica seems to like to do and does best:
http://leicarumors.com/2010/09/26/leica-x1-leclaireur-limited-edition.aspx/
http://leicarumors.com/2010/09/26/leica-x1-leclaireur-limited-edition.aspx/
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Yuk!!Here is what Leica seems to like to do and does best:
http://leicarumors.com/2010/09/26/leica-x1-leclaireur-limited-edition.aspx/
This looks a bit more artistic than the bland M9Ti.Here is what Leica seems to like to do and does best:
http://leicarumors.com/2010/09/26/leica-x1-leclaireur-limited-edition.aspx/
Well if it makes money...I honestly don't care what jewelry camera's they make my one and only concern and always has been for Leica is make sure these special editions don't interfere with regular production of products that the regular shooter buys. We have to see faster turns on lenses for the S2 and improvements towards the M9 towards a M10 and such. I do agree on these special editions it is a chance to try new technology and than pass that down towards the normal products. Obviously Formula 1 is a good example of that process as a lot of technology does get passed down to the everyday cars we drive or want too buy. Does not hurt these things actually make some money.
I know when we see these things it does give a bad impression and I admit it bugged me at first because we are waiting on product. Leica does need to produce faster though and that maybe something they need to work on. If they did that maybe the up in arms thoughts would pass. I see two sides of this coin but if they get product out faster than the jewelry stuff most likely would not get under folks skin. If the collectors want to pay that kind of money for special editions what the hell make the money and keep the company going, why not. We all know the saying a fool with his money Yada yada yada as long as it is not ours. LOL
Cam,Bob,
i will make sure not to wear my Montblanc watch when i meet you
(i do have a Hemingway, though, that is always in my purse)
While M9 supply has been constrained it seems that most people have been able to get them in their hands. If we think about what's come since last Photokina we've gotten new:Now wouldn't it be a "true" a la carte if they let the buyer submit their own film strip of neagtives for this particular limited production X1 that they personally purchase? (yea I know the film strip pictured around the camera shown is smaller than 35mm).
I think Guy and others had it right. If Leica would catch up on their regular product line, then most would have a different perspective regarding these up scale luxury editions. I noticed just before Photokina, Leica delivered (at least here in the States) more M9's to dealers than almost the entire previous 6-89 "combined". I wonder if that was to soften the blow to the reaction of the M9 titanium....so that others couldn't complain that Leica was spending it's time and money on the M9 Ti, rather than getting the regular production M9 out to their customers?
Dave (D&A)
Cam,Cam,
Wear what you want.
I am a bit of a fountain pen nut, so I am a bit sensitive to the way that they have treated that line. Precious resin? I would forgive them that if they had not reduced the quality of feel in their nibs.
-bob
two wides, i think: 18/3.8, 24/3.8While M9 supply has been constrained it seems that most people have been able to get them in their hands. If we think about what's come since last Photokina we've gotten new:
M9 and -
21 lux, 24 lux, 35 lux, 50 nocti and I think I'm missing another wide lens.
X1
S2 and on the fourth lens.
my Hemingway, alas, is merely a ballpoint -- i learned my lesson about carrying a fountain pen around... it is a fine looking pen, indeed, bold and simple! more importantly, everyone that uses it comments on how good it feels in the hand.Cam,
Actually that Hemmingway is a fine looking pen.
It is more stuff like the Bohème Papillon that I find over the limit
Actually it reminds me a bit of a larger version of the 1929 Pelikan, actually closer to the 1935two wides, i think: 18/3.8, 24/3.8
my Hemingway, alas, is merely a ballpoint -- i learned my lesson about carrying a fountain pen around... it is a fine looking pen, indeed, bold and simple! more importantly, everyone that uses it comments on how good it feels in the hand.
While M9 supply has been constrained it seems that most people have been able to get them in their hands. If we think about what's come since last Photokina we've gotten new:
M9 and -
21 lux, 24 lux, 35 lux, 50 nocti and I think I'm missing another wide lens.
X1
S2 and on the fourth lens.
How many posts have we seen about Nikon being impossibly slow on getting new lenses out the door to replace a very old prime line up?
Ask the same for Sony
And so on...
I'm not trying to give Leica a free pass that they have no issues but people seem to forget the scope of what has been released.