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naturephoto1 wrote:
No, Leica doesn't have to make a camera that we like or want. But, they are losing more and more of its faithful orphaned R users with false promises and suggestions. They have already lost at least half of the R users and their followers are getting smaller and smaller. For people such as myself, I am running out of time as I am aging to have the luxury of waiting too much longer or possibly even the interest in Leica coming up with a suitable R solution. We may just have to accept another platform for our lenses and be done with Leica except to keep our equipment operating as it should.
Rich
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I understand its hard to see, but I doubt leica would offer more for the R users into the future as they do with the M230. Don't forget they don't make the lenses any more so beside the camera don't make any money on the system.
If they M240 doesn't fit u right, I certainly would look for another platform. I think I have read before u also use R body's so don't want to change the mount of the lenses.
Isn't it an idea to buy some eos 3's and use them together with a digital eos platform? They costs almost nothing and are really great camera's.
philber wrote:
Biltje, clearly Leica don't "have to" please everyone. Just as they don't "have to" grow, make money and invest. Though it would help their long-term survival. That the M was never you g to be a favorite for, say, studio work, or macro, is both clear and sensible, because it could have compromised the M for their traditional core of users, which must come first. My argument is different. Banding and blackout are plain bad news, and must be sorted out. The limited LiveView will cost sales which would have been "in the bag" for Leica otherwise. And this would not have compromised the M in any other way. My guess, in view of Leica's answer to Boris, is that it comes from Leica's decision to use the old S2 processor. This is clearly a quick and cheap solution, especially if they have them sitting on shelves. But I don't buy the concept that proper LV would have in any way detracted from the M for its core users....Show more →
I don't want to say a scrollable LV would detract the core users. Not at all.
But I don't think its a cheap and quick solution to not give scrollable LV. I know leica keeps close contact to some of their users (for example with magnum) and if this is what they asked, this is wat they offer.
Its off course kinda sad this means not everyone is happy, but this is what there "backup" gave them and suits most of them.
Bobu wrote:
Yes, but the M could be a really great lightweight and small landscape system with some minor changes (without sacrificing the performance for street shooters).
But sadly Leica seems to have no interest in fulfilling the requirements of landscape photographers. Although I really love the M lenses I will change back to DSLR.
Boris
I can see why u are not happy with the m240, but honestly if I see what u can do with the M9 without LV at all. I don't really get why U would leave the system because of a non scrollable LV.
The M240 is already a big step forward compared to the M9 for landscape work, it gives close framing, the opportunity to use grad filters, it gives faster operation and a bigger screen. If the M9 gave such good results, why would a better M240 not be good enough?
But off course its totally your choice and opinion.
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