Guest stnami Posted August 17, 2008 Share #1 Posted August 17, 2008 Advertisement (gone after registration) Over at drp or whatever it was there is a rumour that Leica are considering rebanding Canons for their DSLR range ....that would really get the anti boys in a twist. It would be quite a episode watching the mental wriggle come gymnastics Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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dseelig Posted August 17, 2008 Share #2 Posted August 17, 2008 now if only we can get a sensor that has better low noise and full frame for the m Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
georg Posted August 17, 2008 Share #3 Posted August 17, 2008 Won't happen, selling modified Minolta-Technology (70s-80s) with Leica-Badges nearly killed the company, while many photographers still believe that Leicas are rebadged japanese Cameras/Lenses. That's also the problem with the Panasonic-Stuff, while making good money for a few years it can damage the image of the company (Rolls-Royce doesn't sell compact cars and Ferrari no diesels for a very good reason). The only advantage of Canon would be the speed (customized image processors), 24x36mm sensors for rangefinders are still impossible, newest Kodak/Dalsa CCDs are not noisier than Canon/Sony (sensor noise, not noise filtering) but have better color rendition and more dynamic range. Future Leica digital cameras will still be based on medium-format-technology (workflow based on RAW, Kodak CCDs)... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bill Posted August 17, 2008 Share #4 Posted August 17, 2008 Won't happen, selling modified Minolta-Technology (70s-80s) with Leica-Badges nearly killed the company, while many photographers still believe that Leicas are rebadged japanese Cameras/Lenses.That's also the problem with the Panasonic-Stuff, while making good money for a few years it can damage the image of the company (Rolls-Royce doesn't sell compact cars and Ferrari no diesels for a very good reason). The only advantage of Canon would be the speed (customized image processors), 24x36mm sensors for rangefinders are still impossible, newest Kodak/Dalsa CCDs are not noisier than Canon/Sony (sensor noise, not noise filtering) but have better color rendition and more dynamic range. Future Leica digital cameras will still be based on medium-format-technology (workflow based on RAW, Kodak CCDs)... I count a total of eleven assertions in seven lines, there. Care to back *any* of them up with an attributable fact - or two? Regards, Bill Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
andybarton Posted August 17, 2008 Share #5 Posted August 17, 2008 Over at drp or whatever it was there is a rumour that Leica are considering rebanding Canons for their DSLR range ....that would really get the anti boys in a twist. It would be quite a episode watching the mental wriggle come gymnastics I said that publicly about 6 months ago. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
caparobertsan Posted August 17, 2008 Share #6 Posted August 17, 2008 mmmm, Leica doesn`t know how to do businiess. So If something happen it is always not what user want! Leica should not even try to compete with Japanese maker. Instead they should continue develop what they do best! M series! FxxxxxK DSLR! RF4ever! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kent10D Posted August 17, 2008 Share #7 Posted August 17, 2008 Advertisement (gone after registration) FxxxxxK DSLR! Spelling alert! There are only two x's in "Fxxk"! :D Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ecaton Posted August 17, 2008 Share #8 Posted August 17, 2008 Canon mount Leica primes would be a win-win. Zeiss discovered economies of scale quite some time ago with extending its lens line by offering it in several SLR mounts. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
farnz Posted August 17, 2008 Share #9 Posted August 17, 2008 Over at drp or whatever it was there is a rumour that Leica are considering rebanding Canons for their DSLR range ....that would really get the anti boys in a twist. It would be quite a episode watching the mental wriggle come gymnastics No link, Im? Should we read anything into that? Pete Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest stnami Posted August 17, 2008 Share #10 Posted August 17, 2008 I'll scoot around on the triple w and try to rustle it up ......... and there is the Fuji/Nikon game Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
biglouis Posted August 17, 2008 Share #11 Posted August 17, 2008 Canon mount Leica primes would be a win-win. Zeiss discovered economies of scale quite some time ago with extending its lens line by offering it in several SLR mounts. I completely agree. It would make more sense for Leica to abandon its SLR range and make lenses for Canon mounts. Interestingly, Zeiss has chosen Nikon, Pentax, Sony and M42 for its mounts but not Canon, so there is a gap in the market..... LouisB Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
farnz Posted August 17, 2008 Share #12 Posted August 17, 2008 I'll scoot around on the triple w and try to rustle it up ......... and there is the Fuji/Nikon game Thanks; I did a quick trawl on the dubya-dubya-dubya and came up empty. Pete. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ljclark Posted August 17, 2008 Share #13 Posted August 17, 2008 Zeiss discovered economies of scale quite some time ago with extending its lens line by offering it in several SLR mounts. Zeiss also discovered the economies of off-shoring the production of a bunch of their lenses. If Leica tried to offer the same focal lengths in the same mounts as Zeiss, using Solms manufacturing, imagine how much more expensive those would be. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
thrid Posted August 17, 2008 Share #14 Posted August 17, 2008 Spelling alert! There are only two x's in "Fxxk"! :D Not unless he REALLY meant it. You know, for emphasis. ;-) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
thrid Posted August 17, 2008 Share #15 Posted August 17, 2008 Won't happen, selling modified Minolta-Technology (70s-80s) with Leica-Badges nearly killed the company, while many photographers still believe that Leicas are rebadged japanese Cameras/Lenses.That's also the problem with the Panasonic-Stuff, while making good money for a few years it can damage the image of the company (Rolls-Royce doesn't sell compact cars and Ferrari no diesels for a very good reason). I don't believe anyone on the planet perceives Canon, as the Kia of the photographic world... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
carstenw Posted August 17, 2008 Share #16 Posted August 17, 2008 I don't believe anyone on the planet perceives Canon, as the Kia of the photographic world... KIA? Where did you come up with that? Personally I find Canon, and to a lesser extent Nikon, slightly disappointing. They do many things well, IMO Nikon more than Canon, but in the end I find the final image quality somewhat disappointing, too soft and with colour weaknesses. I haven't tried the D3 or D700, but from reviews that I have read (many...), I don't expect that they break with tradition here. Leica is not perfect either, but I see them as trying a little harder to make good decisions about things like colours and AA filters than the others. Leica makes similar decisions in some ways to the medium formats vendors, which is closer to my personal taste. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaapv Posted August 17, 2008 Share #17 Posted August 17, 2008 Leica could even compete with Canon costwise - by leaving out AF - That's Canon's achillesheel anyway Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olsen Posted August 17, 2008 Share #18 Posted August 17, 2008 I completely agree. It would make more sense for Leica to abandon its SLR range and make lenses for Canon mounts. Interestingly, Zeiss has chosen Nikon, Pentax, Sony and M42 for its mounts but not Canon, so there is a gap in the market..... LouisB Nikon is not a partner that Zeiss has chosen, as such. The Nikon bayonette is patent-outdated and Nikon has chosen to cooperate with Carl Zeiss on helping them making lenses for Nikon cameras. - Which I think is sympatetic and smart. Canon won't cooperate with Carl Zeiss. I know. I mailed Carl Zeiss and asked why their lenses were not available with Canon EOS bayonette. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ecaton Posted August 17, 2008 Share #19 Posted August 17, 2008 Zeiss also discovered the economies of off-shoring the production of a bunch of their lenses. If Leica tried to offer the same focal lengths in the same mounts as Zeiss, using Solms manufacturing, imagine how much more expensive those would be. I thought Leica is manufacturing also in Portugal (to quite a degree). Not necessarily a location associated with "off-shoring", but neither is Japan, where Zeiss (Cosina) manufactures most of its lenses, since Japanese labour costs are not necessarily lower than the Portugese ones. I think it is evident, why Portugal was chosen as a location many years ago. However, lean processes and economies of scale are more relevant than direct labour costs to succeed in manufacturing. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
lct Posted August 17, 2008 Share #20 Posted August 17, 2008 Over at drp or whatever it was there is a rumour that Leica are considering rebanding Canons for their DSLR range .... Would be more clever than the MF project for sure but i wonder what could Canon gain in a deal like that. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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