Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/08/04
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Comparing inventories of DX1s and M7s and drawing a conclusion about sales is like comparing sales of a Dodge Viper to a Corvette. New Vipers are relatively hard to find, and usually must be placed on order for a few months simply because they don't build very many of them... whereas... you can walk into most Chevy dealers and drive away in a new Vette in minutes. There are probably several thousand Vettes made for every one Viper made. I suspect the same is true for DX1s and M7s... I don't know for sure.. but I suspect that is the case. The DX1s (and similar cameras) are highly highly specialized cameras, with a very narrow and well defined market niche. Photojournalists where speed (Viper) and transmission ease is critical, need these cameras to remain competitive. But for the Documentary shooter, such as Tina, while time is important, it is not critical to the point where a DX1 is needed on a daily basis. I guess it would be neat to go downtown with a DX1, shoot some stuff, and send them to my PC over the cell phone as I drove home.... so they would be waiting for me when I got back 30 minutes later.... but what's the point? Of all the shooters I know, I only know of one person who owns a DX1 who is not an active, working daily newspaper shooter or a stringer for a servive. And this one guy is the kind of guy who wants to be the first kid on the block on own anything.... and BTW, yes, he also the only person I know who owns a Viper! Jim.. who drives a Toyota! :-) - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html