Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/12/20
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Why not rent one for the weekend if you can think of something you really need to shoot with it? Medium format digital cameras are rented I think more than bought. Write it off somehow as an expense!?!? -------------------- Mark William Rabiner Photography http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/lugalrabs/ mark at rabinergroup.com Cars: http://tinyurl.com/2f7ptxb > From: Philippe Amard <philippe.amard at sfr.fr> > Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> > Date: Mon, 20 Dec 2010 12:49:47 +0100 > To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> > Subject: Re: [Leica] S2 success (or lack thereof) > > Agreed Douglas, > > I said quite a while ago that Leica needed a paradigm shit if they > were to survive and prosper. > Now the move they've made doesn't suit me, what can I do ... > > But they will always find Davos dwellers, Rolex, Veyron, and cruising > ships owners who will want an S2. > All the better for them all. > > Were I one of them, I'd give it a try, and sell it if not convenient > Well sell? why? no need to get through the ordeal of doing so. > My time is more precious to me. > Just forget about it. > > > In the meantime, I hope I will anyhow enjoy viewing some beautiful > results some day :-) > > Frohe Weihnachten > Philippe > > > Le 20 d?c. 10 ? 11:48, Douglas Sharp a ?crit : > >> Richard, >> >> the fact is that Leica have been absolutely overwhelmed by the >> success of the M9 and the S2. The are working their wotsits off >> trying to catch up with an order backlog like they've never seen >> before. It doesn't matter one iota who is buying the gear - if it >> is making Leica a going concern, we can all be happy. Leica is doing >> a lot of PR trying to make the S2 better known to professionals (at >> least in Germany, so far) and has, as yet, had only positive >> feedback - even down to things like how long you can shoot with one >> battery charge. >> >> Maybe lots of potentates and oligarchs are buying it, but so what - >> the more S2s there are out there, the more people become aware of it >> and the brand, and more will be ordered and sold. >> >> As to the M9Ti, the book that's included with it states clearly that >> it is Leica's "concept car" and has features that could be employed >> in later models. >> >> The new design is clear, simple and unostentatious - precisely what >> Leicas have been right from the word go - maybe purists don't like >> it, but purists even shied away from the idea of a digital Leica R >> (sacrilege!!)at first, and when they didn't get one (R10), they all >> started moaning. >> >> Is there a better way of paying for your R+D costs? I doubt it. A >> very clever move by Leica, and one that highlights their joint >> sponsoring efforts with the VW Group (and Audi as a premium brand) >> e.g. http://www.sbc2010.de/ It's pretty obvious where their target >> groups are - and it's not us. >> >> Leica are getting their products placed in the rarified atmosphere >> of premium events like this and are accessing the segments where >> money is no object. >> >> Good for Leica! Their radical turnaround project has worked >> (although a gamble) and the company is on a relatively firm >> financial footing for what is, after all, a very small company. They >> still have quite a way to go, and I, for one, wish them well. >> >> It is perhaps interesting to note that what turned Leica around was >> the fact that they declined to produce what Leicaphiles were asking >> for and went their own way for a change. >> >> Maybe dyed-in-the-wool Leicaphiles are what was holding them back - >> now they've thrown this age-old conservatism out of the window they >> seem to be back and doing rather well. >> >> Cheers >> Douglas >> >> On 20.12.2010 11:07, Richard Man wrote: >>> Come on guys. I know no one controls where a thread goes, but do we >>> have to >>> hijack it to yet another rant against M9Ti or whatever horse$hit that >>> someone happens not to like? >>> >>> My conjecture is that just based on some random but imho educated >>> guesses, >>> the S2 will do all right by Leica. No one has either call BS on it >>> or agree >>> to it, but yet another tangential rant. >>> >>> >>> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > NO ARCHIVE > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information