Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/07/13
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]What I'd like to know is whether they are still selling any film cameras. Wasn't there a quote that less than 5% of their sales were film cameras a while ago? On Tue, Jul 13, 2010 at 5:51 AM, John Edwin Mason <profmason at yahoo.com>wrote: > This has perhaps already been posted, but if not: > > "Leica is back in profit and set for future growth thanks to an efficiency > drive and surge in sales boosted by its new cameras, the S2, M9 and X1. > > "Leica notched up an 18% growth in sales over the previous year - exceeding > its expectations - as the firm turned a ?5.2m net loss of a year ago into a > net income of ?3.2m for the year to 31 March 2010. > > "Leica Camera AG chairman Rudolf Spiller said the news underlines the > company's 'development potential'." > > > http://www.amateurphotographer.co.uk/news/leica_camera_bosses_we_are_back_news_300010.html?aff=rss > > --John > > ******************************** > John Edwin Mason, Photography: > http://www.OneLoveGhoemaBeat.com > Charlottesville and Cape Town > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information -- // richard <http://www.imagecraft.com/> // icc blog: <http://imagecraft.wordpress.com> // photo blog: <http://www.5pmlight.com> [ For technical support on ImageCraft products, please include all previous replies in your msgs. ]