bla Posted March 4, 2015 Share #81 Posted March 4, 2015 Advertisement (gone after registration) Please a digital retro M: no settings, no display, no jpg, no wb, manual rewind, no buttons, lightweight, simple, slim, quiet operation and shutter, reliable, quality checked, auto exposure, two versions isoless bayer or mono sensor, not as super exclusive version, rather less costly than full featured gimmick liveview video M. M8: uncompressed DNG or RAW as permanent option or open source firmware Thanks and good luck! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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essvaun Posted March 4, 2015 Share #82 Posted March 4, 2015 Get an M3 in good condition loaded with a roll of Ilford 50 & any 50mm lens, plus an M9p with a 35mm, get away from everything for a week & shoot: use that experience to inform your decision making (if something on your desk doesn't match or exceed the experience you have & the results you generate with these tools, then it's going to be beneath the company & it's legacy & probably not entice too many of us either). Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rockgod123 Posted March 4, 2015 Share #83 Posted March 4, 2015 Please develop a new Leica R10 for 35 mm. photography, with autofocus lenses; too much emphasis has been placed on Rangefinders when what we need is a great 35mm. SLR. Dr. Martin A. Folb Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bill Posted March 4, 2015 Share #84 Posted March 4, 2015 Ok, I'll play. - Stop producing ridiculous "special editions" that just make the brand a laughing stock - Sack the current marketing department, root and branch, and employ people who understand digital marketing - Ditch the overpriced, under-specified, unloved T - Abandon the dead-end relationship with Panasonic - it went pear-shaped when you disagreed over four-thirds. Go on your knees to Fuji and ask them to partner again - Above all, once again produce reliable, robust, photographer-orientated cameras that I - a disenfranchised 20-year-plus Leica user who has given up in despair and disgust and gone to the competition - would want to buy Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
plewislambert Posted March 4, 2015 Share #85 Posted March 4, 2015 Your wish or tip to Mr. Kaltner - one sentence, no long explanations So: What task should the new CEO tackle first?[ Ask Marketing department for more sensible prices. Philip Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rcwills Posted March 4, 2015 Share #86 Posted March 4, 2015 The change of management at the Leica HQ in Wetzlar has started hot discussions here in the Leica Forum. In order to provide our competence as Leica customers - thus competent market observers and qualified Leica experts - I have a request to you: Your wish or tipp to Mr. Kaltner - one sentence, no long explanations Please do not comment on other suggestions, we're going to move such posts to another thread. And please no fun comments, we already had the request for another Leica gummi bear can So: What tast should the new CEO tackle first? Redesign X cameras with built in viewfinders and possibly add a 50mm and 75mm version. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
lsmith1981 Posted March 4, 2015 Share #87 Posted March 4, 2015 Advertisement (gone after registration) "Sadly" Since video is added to the modern Leica cameras now to keep in competition, use the techniques from your Arri experience to innovate motion imagery in future lineups. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGodParticle/Hari Posted March 4, 2015 Share #88 Posted March 4, 2015 1. Better quality control for the M range (I don't know about the other product lines) 2. Faster service turnaround time (even small repairs take weeks/months) 3. More focus on the everyday user and slightly lesser on the Limited Editions. I'm happy if Leica make higher profits from these Limited Editions. I want Leica to be a very profitable and successful company but it irritates me when my M9 and MM still have the shutter issue after many years, to see Leica proudly announcing the next super expensive limited edition with some cosmetic changes. Not just bodies but also lenses. My multi thousand € super duper technically advanced and revolutionary APO75/2ASPH flares worse than a 10€ plastic lens. This ties back in with 1. above. Focus. On. Your. Customers. P.s. I'm happy you've been working hard to fix broken stuff but they shouldn't be broken in the first place. For any money. ESPECIALLY when you charge thousands of euros and send the broken items with hand signed "proof of quality" certificates Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dkCambridgeshire Posted March 4, 2015 Share #89 Posted March 4, 2015 I seem to recall the purpose of this thread is to make 'one sentence' suggestions i.e short and sweet. dunk Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
matlep Posted March 4, 2015 Share #90 Posted March 4, 2015 Oh, thought of another thing: Find a new distributor for the Scandinavian market. Or just implement it to the German or European market. The Danish distributor really sucks. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon Warwick Posted March 4, 2015 Share #91 Posted March 4, 2015 Do like Leica did with the 50mm APO .... i.e., target the very best image quality possible, then set the price for it. But expand that into a flagship M camera body and into other flagship M lenses (a 35mm APO?) to ensure that they are "obviously beating" their competition for image quality when looking at the final prints. The very best in image quality is worth paying up for, in my view ..... whereas luxury goods with only similar image quality to cheaper peers are just expensive. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGodParticle/Hari Posted March 4, 2015 Share #92 Posted March 4, 2015 I seem to recall the purpose of this thread is to make 'one sentence' suggestions i.e short and sweet. dunk Good memory, here's a biscuit Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
250swb Posted March 4, 2015 Share #93 Posted March 4, 2015 Stop, right now and immediately, all the anonymous model names and numbers, Type 109, Type 240, etc. There is no logical progression, there is ridiculous confusion (MP, M-P, especially when spoken, etc.), and it alienates experienced users and potential new users alike. Just go back to having a range of camera's and start with a number for each, and the next evolution has the next number, and so on.... How simple would that be? Except Leica thought of it before many years ago, but recently somebody in a highly paid job decided it wasn't trendy enough, yet without thinking through the stupid confusion that would ensue with the current naming regime. Steve Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
nigel pert Posted March 4, 2015 Share #94 Posted March 4, 2015 Offer a generous solution to those faithful Leica users who have had the misfortune to invest in M9 and Monochrome bodies with defective sensors that includes an element of compensation for the expense and inconveniece caused. I for one as a professional photographer, with a career of over 40 years, am not very happy with Leica at the moment. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
1herbert2 Posted March 4, 2015 Share #95 Posted March 4, 2015 Just one thought: Make Leica the Apple of the Camera world. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobfromfpl Posted March 4, 2015 Share #96 Posted March 4, 2015 Please sir, a Leica M style rangefinder digital body with upgradable sensor and supporting electronics to make this expensive purchase a wise one. This is what is stopping me. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolfshark Posted March 4, 2015 Share #97 Posted March 4, 2015 PLEASE, for the love of God- stop omitting built-in viewfinders from your cameras(ovf or evf), and bring out more full frame models. A digital ff leica CM or minilux(with a fixed fast prime) is long overdue. (Basically a leica version of the Sony RX1, but with built in VF). Summed up: -built-in viewfinders(ovf or evf) -more Full frame sensor models -fast fixed primes(ideally longer than 35mm) -keep the traditional style leica bodies -make them more affordable- priced and aimed at working PHOTOGRAPHERS, rather than jewelry/fashion accessories for Yuppies. Good luck & Godspeed Oliver! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard1958 Posted March 4, 2015 Share #98 Posted March 4, 2015 (single sentence) Quality control, release ONLY that which is perfect. FIX THE SENSORS AND BE MARKET LEADING IN THEM, NOT 3 YEARS BEHIND BUT 3 TIMES THE COST; BRAND LOYALTY IS ONE THING, PUTTING CRAZY MONEY ON INFERIOR STUFF WILL INEVITABLY KILL YOUR BRAND (thank you and good luck) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
darylgo Posted March 4, 2015 Share #99 Posted March 4, 2015 "Quality is remembered long after the price is forgotten." Many many things are right with Leica, our love affair with these stellar products go back many decades. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bybrett Posted March 5, 2015 Share #100 Posted March 5, 2015 Welcome. You already know the job description. Photographers cannot tell you how to do the job. However they can tell you what they want to buy. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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