Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1997/08/05
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]>customer demands. German machines still are more accurate than others, but >commercial buyers won't pay extra money for extra accuracy they don't need. >So the german machinery industry suffers from sales decreases. > >The Leica M6 is of the same pattern. Instead of inventing a new camera, Leica >tries to improve the 1914 Ur-Leica. This is okay as long as they have a small >market niche with people who are willing to pay a lot of money for a >mchanical shutter, which is not more accurate than a quartz controlled one. >If Leica was a mass producer (like Minolta) they were out of the business >immediately. Well I guess your theory doesn't apply to medium format cameras where the German Rollei 6008 is the most technologically advanced camera in its class, unlike the competitors (Pentax 67, Hasselblad), which are ancient designs.