[Leica] Digital M

[bdcolen at earthlink.net (B. D. Colen)]

1. And I preface this by saying I may have to eat Epson at some point
when I'm prove to be wrong, but my guess is that Epson is saying this is
a limited run simply to give them a way out if it bombs. We're not
talking about a limited edition point and shoot here, like the Olympus
'O,' nor are we talking about a 'special edition' of an existing camera,
like the Donald Trump diamond-dust coated Leica M. We're talking about a
camera that had to cost a fortune in terms of R&D, and it's pretty
unlikely that Epson would have made that investment for a one-off
limited edition camera.

2. The question of Leica charging a ridiculous price for a digital M
really has little to do with the availability of an Epson digital M
mount. After all, the BessaR2 is available for, what, $490, and the MP
is $2500. The question of what Leica can charge for a digital M has much
more to do with the features it offers, the quality of image it
provides, and the prices of cameras of similar build and image quality. 

IMHO, that is... :-)

-----Original Message-----
From: lug-bounces+bdcolen=earthlink.net@leica-users.org
[mailto:lug-bounces+bdcolen=earthlink.net@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of
Frank Filippone
Sent: Monday, July 12, 2004 11:52 AM
To: Leica Users Group
Subject: RE: [Leica] Digital M


Hold on gang... Epson is supposedly making a limited one time run of
these
cameras.    Given the Epson consumer mentality, in 4 months they will
start
to discount them to basically nothing.  So pricing on the Epson will
drop, and the Leica wills tart presumably higher, and increase.

The other issue is the limited availability.   In 2 years, there will be
no
Epson Digital M, and Leica can stand alone again, charging whatever it
wants for the camera.

Frank Filippone
red735i@earthlink.net --


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