Comments on: Leica removes leader of camera business

Steven Lee has been replaced as leader of Leica Camera, a maker of prestigious but pricey cameras.

[ewelch]

Cult-like?

So, any company that sells only high-quality stuff to people who appreciate that quality means it's a cult? Like Apple? Are
Porsche-owners cult-like? How far does this go before you
water down the meaning?

Many fundamentalists who call Mormons cultists are more cult-
like than Mormons who are a rather diverse bunch compared to
the Fundamentalist Evangelicals who call them cultists. Maybe
it's time to nail down the meaning of cult?

Maybe Leica and Apple owners are more sect-like than cult-like?
I mean, a lot of quite normal people use Macs and Ms. And even
Rs! Many professionals use Leicas. Ansel Adams used a Leica R4
SLR in his last years. It was the heaviest camera he could carry,
so that was what he used. Is he a cultist?

In other words, give me a freaking break and knock-off the cult
language when you're talking about companies that decide
they'd rather make quality stuff in limited quantities, and leave
the cult labels for newly-minted groups with charismatic leaders
that haven't reached a more main-stream level of acceptance -
like Leica and Apple have long ago.

[William Crow]

You see it all the time here.

The news articles on cNet are consistently biased, all the while the
journalists think they aren't.

[scottst]

Tom Cruise for Leica!

I'm a Scientologist and I love Leica Cameras!

Go figure...

scott