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miami91 · 12/29/06, 09:03 PM

The fact that Leica is offering different cameras aimed at different types of shooters (and price points) is a good thing, in my opinion. And based on comments by Leica's incoming CEO, this approach will be intensified, if anything.

Whether they are worthy additions to the Leica lineage may depend a great deal on how you define such things. Having owned many of the Leica consumer cameras (I currently own a D3, DL3, and CL1), I think they are excellent cameras worthy of the Leica name. But they are not in the class of the M in terms of uniqueness (rangefinder) or build quality. But for that matter, neither is the R, in my opinion (too many plastic parts).

I think the evolution and growth of the Leica brand is generally positive, and collaboration in the digital era is absolutely essential to Leica if they are not to be completely left behind. The M8, after all, is a collaboration, just not with Panasonic (might it work better if it had been??).

Jeff.

12/29/06, 09:03 PM	#11 (permalink)
miami91 Erfahrener Benutzer Join Date: 10/09/02 Location: Minneapolis, MN, USA Posts: 291	Re: Is the Digilux-3 "Seen" as a Leica The fact that Leica is offering different cameras aimed at different types of shooters (and price points) is a good thing, in my opinion. And based on comments by Leica's incoming CEO, this approach will be intensified, if anything. Whether they are worthy additions to the Leica lineage may depend a great deal on how you define such things. Having owned many of the Leica consumer cameras (I currently own a D3, DL3, and CL1), I think they are excellent cameras worthy of the Leica name. But they are not in the class of the M in terms of uniqueness (rangefinder) or build quality. But for that matter, neither is the R, in my opinion (too many plastic parts). I think the evolution and growth of the Leica brand is generally positive, and collaboration in the digital era is absolutely essential to Leica if they are not to be completely left behind. The M8, after all, is a collaboration, just not with Panasonic (might it work better if it had been??). Jeff.