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Sounds kind of like Leica to me: orthodontists running around Africa or Asia pretending to be Steve McCurry with $11,000 'Safari' cameras destroyed the brand fo
by aaronbrethorst 6y ago
Sounds kind of like Leica to me: orthodontists running around Africa or Asia pretending to be Steve McCurry with $11,000 'Safari' cameras destroyed the brand for me. Yeah, sure, the company is still technically alive, but at what cost?
(and lest you think I'm joking: https://www.dpreview.com/news/9864312105/leica-releases-limited-edition-m10-p-and-summicron-m-50mm-f2-safari-edition https://www.dpreview.com/news/9864312105/leica-releases-limi...)
- Ma8ee 6y agoAre the cameras not good anymore? Or is it that the “wrong people“ are using their products that bothers you? If it is the latter, then you are just trying to buy an identity through brands, and you are as much part of the problem.
- imwillofficial 6y agoLeica glass is still top notch. GP is just making some weird status thing out of it.
- petre 6y agoThen just buy the M43 version?
- aaronbrethorst 6y agoI prefer the APS-C version.
- aaronbrethorst 6y agoLeica glass is great. Leica cameras are great. I wish the company would focus on turning out high quality products that are meant to be used to create photographs, as opposed to turning out the camera equivalent of a Birkin bag. And I say this as someone who has previously owned and shot with a Leica M6 and currently owns and shoots with a Leica IIIf.
- sudosysgen 6y agoThe only good thing about Leica cameras is the handling, arguably and subjectively. They are behind in every single other respect. Leica lenses are good, though. Couple being sub-par with being much more expensive and you get something that is moreso useful for image than as a tool.
- tshaddox 6y agoThe same thing is true of guitar manufacturers and probably most other manufacturers of music gear.