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From his lips to God's ears.Sure but this would be hardly compatible with Kauffmann's statement according to which the new R "shall more than satisfy the needs of our customers".
Or he has a very special sense of humour. :bugeyes:
AmenPeter: sounds like you have been cooped up recovering for too long - too much time to think - but it does make perfect sense, at least to me.
I. too, am suffering from R anxiety but I do not want to unload anything. I hope to be able to use the R lenses I have on a future R10 (or whatever) but I am also trying to accept the possibility that I can use my DMR and lenses for quite some time and still enjoy them. The quality is superb.
Isn't that about what a medium format digital back costs without any lenses.? I think that is the market Leica is after, along with existing R users, not the EOS and Canon users.Total: 29,475 at B&H before tax or shipping. .
Exactomundo Stuart - exactly so....EXACTLY!!.... The newer model is more, but the H3DII-31 is 26,999, still less than that Leica kit.<b> Hasselblad lenses are actually cheaper than Leica lenses </b>(most are in the 3000 range, compared to 4500 for Leica), and Mamiya are cheaper still, particularly on the used market. And there are some cheaper medium format digital options like the ZD back and the CFV, which are both actually cheaper than the 15mm Leica lens! But given the choice of a 16-22 MP 35mm sized sensor that will likely be in an R10 versus a 22-39 MP medium format sensor for not much more, it might be hard for some to go with the Leica. As good as the Leica is, at this point it cannot compete with medium format digital, so if they are practically the same outlay, there are problems.
I guess the point is that if 29,500 gets you a Leica digital setup and 5 lenses and the same money gets you an H3D-39 and 2 lenses (such as the 80mm and the 50-110 zoom), which would you take?
Anyway, just some late night ramblings, I am off to bed.
Actually, Stefan is the M product manager. Maike Harberts is the R product manager.Has any of you asked the question directly to Stefan Daniel ?
Peter, so true. If I did not have to have digital for business (just about mandatory for a number of reasons), I sure the heck wouldn't be so deep into "Digi-Oz" ... and paying so much attention to the man behind the curtain.Stuart - we dont pay the Leica 'premiums' to be lied to do we? I have always regretted selling my Xpan - fixed that last week. Ironicaly, the more I think about things - the better I feel about going back to shooting more film - the technology is proven - all I need is to get my act together and order an Imacon - all of a sudden my lenses in all my platforms behave the way they were designed to behave...and I can stop worrying about the next digital improvement or new model - all of which offer increasingly smaller and at the margin improvements...
too much internet chatter about this versus that sometimes - and I ( lately) have been sucked in.
BUT come on HOW DARE THEY NOT TELL US ABOUT OUR LENSES _ HOW DARE THEY!!!!
so nett nett - I am going to focus on shooting what I have and doing MORE chemotherapy :ROTFL::ROTFL::ROTFL: via traditional B&W self souped shooting with 35mm especially.
I sent her an email a few months ago and didn't get a reply.Actually, Stefan is the M product manager. Maike Harberts is the R product manager.