Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/09/19
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]George I want to see Leica continue as a viable company and continue to produce great specialist kit - hell I might be able to afford some of it second hand. Viable means not making a loss on each unit sold. I think we can agree Leica produces some stunning M rangefinders, the SL2 and glass and maybe we can pass onto more fruitful discussions. Chris B On 19/09/2007, Lottermoser George <imagist3@mac.com> wrote: > According to <http://www.cameraquest.com/rtype.htm> > The SL2 was manufactured from 10/72 through 7/75. > According to you, that production run lost money. > 27 years later, now 2007, Leica is making a profit and continuing to > bring to market some of the best precision photographic equipment > available. > > What does "charity" have to do with a discussion of a small > photographic equipment manufacturer and/or their release of new models? > > Regards, > George Lottermoser > george@imagist.com > > > > On Sep 19, 2007, at 3:10 PM, Christopher Birchenhall wrote: > > > So? Leica can not survive as a charity > > > > On 19/09/2007, Lottermoser George <imagist3@mac.com> wrote: > >> So? So? So? > >> Every current SL2 user seems to love the camera and the results > >> created by it. > >> > >> Regards, > >> George Lottermoser > >> george@imagist.com > >> > >> > >> > >> On Sep 19, 2007, at 2:27 PM, Christopher Birchenhall wrote: > >> > >>> Every SL2 lost Leica money, Every SL2 lost Leica money. Every SL2 > >>> lost > >>> Leica money. > >> > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Leica Users Group. > >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > >> > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Leica Users Group. > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >