Snow Leopard

...And here i thought this was going to be a discussion of the new version of Mac OS X. Fool me once... :)
 
based on subject only, thought this was about Apple's next version of OS X :)

but to topic. personally would pass this one, cameras must be black :cool:

edit: too slow as always (post #3).. :bang:
 
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jarski said:
based on subject only, thought this was about Apple's next version of OS X :)
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I thought the OP had news on it or something!

Dissapointing - all I saw was a white camera :mad:. It doesn't look bad, though I don't mind the white storm trooper pentax k-m either. I wouldn't buy either, but I think they're pretty snazzy.
 
True that black has been the colour of most camera bodies, but there is nothing inherently wrong with white or with any colour. In another context, it took a long while for cars and motorbikes to be covered in paint other than black. White refrigerators are another story, because there we come across the radiation of heat.
 
Pretty camera. Shame it won't add anything new to Leica's digi-rangefinders... but... it sure does look cool.

Keep in mind, Leica has been doing this since the Luxus. If it's profitable, they'll continue. Hopefully, it'll fund some R&D for a full frame M.
 
It's like the Safari model, only for stalking polar bears (unless the bear zeros in on the red dot). Or perhaps it's a military model for the Finnish Army ski troops.

Seriously, these special editions don't bother me that much. If they sell a batch of them to collectors at outrageous prices, and it helps Leica's cash flow, then I'm fine with it. So long as they don't convert their normal production model to this color scheme...
 
Even after the arrival of the SLR and at a time when there were other brands of long base rangefinder, most of my photojournalist associates owned Leicas. So did some of the commercial photographers. And many of the enthusiastic and serious amateurs did.

If young photographers don’t buy your camera or an introductory model of your line of cameras, I would think that when they become older they don’t buy your camera. And in due time that would take its toll on your company.

Don’t take the sale of Holgas and a bunch of us with closets of early M’s as the future of photography. Film, and film camera, will be a small part of the equipment of future photographers. Like it or not, the near future of photography is digital.

When you make a conspicuous consumption item, the only young photographers that can afford it are movie stars and young folks whose tech companies take off. And, believe it or not, most of them are too hard working to spend a lot of time with their hobbies.

There is an interest in non-reflex, quiet, small digital cameras. Look at the interest in the mini 4/3’s cameras even though there isn’t much on the market.

It would be wonderful if Leica, which did so many wonderful things for photographers and photography, had a future making such cameras for which there is a real interest, a real need and a real market. I’m always saddened by these “heritage of Hermes” cameras which are irrelevant as photographic tools.
 
Frankly I'm surprised that all camera makers don't offer the high end digi's in an assortment of colors like they do with their lower end p&s models. Leica, Canon, Nikon et al need to sell cameras in order to survive. If selling their top end models in fushcia or lime green boosts sales I don't care as long as I can get it in basic black or whatever color I want.

We all rise with the same tide guys.


Bob
 
At least the cam on the photo is fake, some parts are not covered completely with the white and still chromium (if you look carefully near the speedknob for instance)
 
White lens for canon signifies "professional at work here." This means most of you in this forum had better get the white Leica so we know who is the professional. -smirk-
 
wblanchard said:
White lens for canon signifies "professional at work here." This means most of you in this forum had better get the white Leica so we know who is the professional. -smirk-
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It's actually because the fluorite elements used in most of the canon big telephotos are much less stable to heat changes than normal glass elements. When the temperature goes up and down the fluorite expands and contracts and the optical properties change as well. Using a white lens barrel means the white paint reflects most of the heat from the sun, whereas a black one would absorb most of the heat, and get much hotter.

It's also no doubt marketing, and very good marketing at that.
 
"Breaking the law"...
I like it visually. WHite bears look different to those who always watch grizzlies :)
 
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