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Why I Love Leica ...

AnthonyFlores

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A glimpse into why Leica lenses are so good:

http://vimeo.com/26251829

Maybe Red can do a video like this showing the making of the Epic-M? :)
 
Solomon Nero said:
That would be really funny if that spot was shot with zeiss or canon glass. lol. But yeah that is awesome. I would love to see a production video like that from RED.
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Actually ... it probably was shot with something other than Leica lenses.

Leica's only motion imaging lenses are those built in to some Panasonic products (HVX200) and the Summilux-C which are in terribly high demand.
 
Thank you Anthony great find. Oh craftsmanship.....
 
Yeah definitely some serious work goes in the making of Leica glass, and we LOVE them, now if you only could se how MAster Primes are made, he he.

Not sure we will be lucky in off to see that happening Anthony, but at list few of us, were lucky ion off to visit RED STUDIOS HOLLYWOOD's Army in stage 6 when they were building up and testing the EPIC and Scarlet there,
what an insane amount of parts, bodies, lenses, motherboards, electronics, and OMG, lots of RED Logos he he.. ;)
 
nice video. though it pains me, and sorry if this offends... but as an american, it pains me that all precision equipment made in germany. with 9.2% unemployment in USA. made in germany means german jobs... USA companies invented many of these core 35mm technologies but lost the film manufacturing industry to Germans post 1960s/1970s. Sorry but as much as we are globalized, we should think about where our money is flowing. at the end of the day, the best product wins out. but... it still matters where its made. Proud that RED EPIC-M is made in USA.
 
KETCH ROSSi said:
Not sure we will be lucky in off to see that happening Anthony, but at list few of us, were lucky ion off to visit RED STUDIOS HOLLYWOOD's Army in stage 6 when they were building up and testing the EPIC and Scarlet there,
what an insane amount of parts, bodies, lenses, motherboards, electronics, and OMG, lots of RED Logos he he.. ;)
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Yes, I'm very jealous Ketch, I can only imagine. And hope I will be lucky enough to see that someday -- but probably too much proprietary stuff going on in the Batcave, as Jarred likes to say ... heh heh heh :)
 
Nathan L Collett said:
nice video. though it pains me, and sorry if this offends... but as an american, it pains me that all precision equipment made in germany. with 9.2% unemployment in USA. made in germany means german jobs... USA companies invented many of these core 35mm technologies but lost the film manufacturing industry to Germans post 1960s/1970s. Sorry but as much as we are globalized, we should think about where our money is flowing. at the end of the day, the best product wins out. but... it still matters where its made. Proud that RED EPIC-M is made in USA.
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I hear you Nathan, and very glad that Epic is made in the USA -- however, at least the German workers are making a very livable wage for their skills (part of why the prices are so "premium") which can't always necessarily be said for many other countries where labor occurs.
 
Mark Toia said:
if only they were affordable. :)

They would sell 20 sets more to there current 1 and make 5x more money.

I'd buy a set tomorrow if they were priced the same as RED.

But we know that will never happen :)

Beautiful little video. I liked it a lot.
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Yah Mark, I kinda suggested something similar with Angenieux and their new 45-120 ... but was quickly corrected by some experienced lens dudes like Jacek and Mitch Gross, who made a lot of sense.

In reality, making high-end lenses like this is not simply a matter of charging less and producing more. It's not that easy to ramp up, and it's as much "art" as it is a science. Not so easy to just speed up. Also, overproducing can cripple their cash flow and put them in trouble -- so they prefer to be backordered than cheap with lots of stock. It's a different business model than we're used to.

I know Leica has a new facility that just finished (or is about to be) that will help them double production over the next few years. That's a pretty big leap for them.

And even if prices don't come down, it might at least allow products to actually be "in stock" without a huge lead time :)
 
Release the Sanjin!!!

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Also, I agree. Leica is amazing... Someday I hope to get my hands on a set of Summilux-C's...
 
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