Vince Lupo
Whatever
In this morning's NYT business secition: http://www.nytimes.com/2013/08/08/t...ices-with-photos-to-match.html?pagewanted=all
Might be seen as a bit of a puff piece, but a nice one-page story for us devotees. I did notice one misstatement -- he mentions that "In the 1950's, Leica rose to fame when it introduced the M-System camera, its first so-called range finder body with an interchangeable lens mount." Not sure what he means by 'so-called' (were they called something else???), but I'm thinking the 'first range finder body with an interchangeable lens mount' was the Leica II in 1932. Other than that, a fairly informative article.
Might be seen as a bit of a puff piece, but a nice one-page story for us devotees. I did notice one misstatement -- he mentions that "In the 1950's, Leica rose to fame when it introduced the M-System camera, its first so-called range finder body with an interchangeable lens mount." Not sure what he means by 'so-called' (were they called something else???), but I'm thinking the 'first range finder body with an interchangeable lens mount' was the Leica II in 1932. Other than that, a fairly informative article.
froyd
Veteran
Must have been a slow news day!
Thanks for the link though. It was nice to see some good Monocrom images, which often fail to translate well at web resolution.
Thanks for the link though. It was nice to see some good Monocrom images, which often fail to translate well at web resolution.
Damaso
Photojournalist
Thanks for sharing
Keith
The best camera is one that still works!
I couldn't help but notice that KR managed to get in on the love fest! 
Vince Lupo
Whatever
They usually do some kind of digital/tech/photo article in the Thursday business section, so I was pleasantly surprised to find a 2/3 page article on Leica!
Vince Lupo
Whatever
I couldn't help but notice that KR managed to get in on the love fest!
Yeah, he is the 'expert'!
KoNickon
Nick Merritt
Well, it may encourage more purchases by status seekers, but hey, purchases are good.
Keith
The best camera is one that still works!
Yep .... you can just imagine a certain type of person thinking "Twenty thousand dollar camera! I have to have one of those!"
russelljtdyer
Writer
a person's style and wealth
a person's style and wealth
There may be some people who will think, "For twenty-thousand dollars, it must be excellent. That's not much money for me. I should get one."
After all, if a person has a watch that cost over $10,000, suits that cost a few thousand dollars each, a car that costs $100,000, owning a camera that costs only a few hundred dollars is not in keeping with his style and wealth.
-Russell
a person's style and wealth
There may be some people who will think, "For twenty-thousand dollars, it must be excellent. That's not much money for me. I should get one."
After all, if a person has a watch that cost over $10,000, suits that cost a few thousand dollars each, a car that costs $100,000, owning a camera that costs only a few hundred dollars is not in keeping with his style and wealth.
-Russell
Jack Sparrow
Well-known
Seems Leica and puff go hand-in-hand over on the NYT.
Did anyone catch their last article, "Click If You Can Afford It?"
Did anyone catch their last article, "Click If You Can Afford It?"
roboflick
Well-known
One error, cameras can also be serviced in NJ
Nik
Nik
MichaelToye
Well-known
thanks for sharing.
Michael
Michael
airfrogusmc
Veteran
Yeah Vince thanks for the link...
jarski
Veteran
some mixup with bayonet mount that was new thing at the time?
Vince Lupo
Whatever
Yeah maybe that's what he was referring to. But the quote makes it sound like they came out with the first rangefinder body with interchangeable lenses in the 1950's.
Still not sure about why he referred to those cameras as 'so-called' -- almost as though their designation as a rangefinder camera was dubious.
Still not sure about why he referred to those cameras as 'so-called' -- almost as though their designation as a rangefinder camera was dubious.
Perhaps Leica's lack of combined rangefinder and viewfinder in previous models wasn't to the writers satisfaction?
SaveKodak
Well-known
"hard core photographers"? Quoting Ken Rockwell? What a joke. I imagine the photojournalists at the NYT building would like to have a word with this author about being 'hardcore.'
Rangefinderfreak
Well-known
Do I see some "Leica hate" here... ??
furcafe
Veteran
The Monochrome takes photos like it was as if it used real honest-to-Gawd film. Now ain't that amazing. I ken do that with my Canonet or my Minolta or my Exakta or my ... you get the idea. ..for a fraction of the price. And all that glass is made in Germany. What happened to the glasswerks Leica had in Portugul and Malaysia and Canada? I worked for 11 newspapers and one major international wire service and never wrote a hack job like this. Any editer who isn't totally stoopid would have run the piece past a real photographer, a am assuming the Old Gray Lady still has some around. Or do they use cell phone "cameras" there to, these days? I remember when many carried M Leicas.