Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/10/14
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]If they don't get it right with the digital R and sell a boat load of them they won't be around to produce the digital M. They're already losing money, and the R line has been a loser for a number of years. So they're not in a position to screw around. If they'd been smart, they would have started work on the digital M back when Cosina reportedly did - rather than tell everyone that such a camera was an impossibility - and have it out by now. Because the M is where the potentially huge market is. But that would have taken a modicum of marketing savy. ;-) -----Original Message----- From: lug-bounces+bdcolen=earthlink.net@leica-users.org [mailto:lug-bounces+bdcolen=earthlink.net@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of Feli di Giorgio Sent: Thursday, October 14, 2004 10:30 PM To: Leica Users Group Subject: Re: [Leica] Say Hello to Hermes Leica AND crop factor > Emanuel Lowi writes in part: > > 1) They saw a relatively quickly viable way to adapt > > an existing product (the R8/R9) to the new technology, rather than > > design a whole new camera. > > Actually I'm glad that Leica went ahead and designed the R-Module first. That way they have a chance to learn from their mistakes and gain some experience, before they tackle the digital M. Can you imagine the reaction if they screwup the digital M? People with pitchforks and torches will be breaking down the gate, like the villagers in the old Frankenstein movie. Let them cut their teeth on the R and get it right with the M. Feli _______________________________________________ Leica Users Group. See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information