Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/10/11
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At 10:47 PM -0700 10/10/99, Horst wrote: >No such problems in the second hand shops. In there everybody talks Leica. >But second hand goods don't make any money for Leica. That about hits the nail on the head, Horst. Here we are asking for a cheaper product to ensure some form of Leica business growth, and simultaneously we're kind-of rebuking them for making such excellent products, that frequently outlive us. I think the question kinda leads us down to an either/or predicament. Yes, you can have that super-cheap consumable camera that is going to sacrifice 'Leica Quality,' and because of this the Leica brand name suffers. Or you can have an extension of what already exists with its current price and cache. I'm not sure anymore if there is an accomplishable middle-ground. Hang on a minute...who'd be queing for a Leica 4x? All the best, Gary ___________________________________________________________________________ "be a realist, demand the impossible" -Censier Campus Graffiti May 1968 OO [_]<| /|\ Gary Elshaw Post-Grad Student Victoria University New Zealand http://elshaw.tripod.com/ ______________________________________________________________________