Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/02/10
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Not really Dan..... They have doing what is called rebranding and selling those rebranded cameras. They are basically using someone else's manufacturing and products, getting some profit ( ?) from a distribution model. This does not take advantage of their glass, and therefore their employees abilities to manufacture or to create. In fact, if you had a company that was successfully moving towards a distribution model and away from a manufacturing model, you would send out a message to the financial community just about like the one Leica recently put out. BTW, if you will carefully read the latest announcement for Leica Day ( Paul's Photo in Torrance, CA), the new Leica Digilux camera is stated as being the "Digital M". SO the Digital M is a P+S Digital camera with a zoom lens and a "look" of the camera just like an M6. If it looks like a Leica, and sounds like a Leica it must BE a Leica... right? WRONG! Frank Filippone red735i@earthlink.net I think they understand the business model you describe. - -dan c. - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html