Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2013/05/25
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Right. So Leica has made a strategic shift from the photography business to the jewelry business. Fair enough, the Blackstone people obviously know where the money is. But then they should be up front about it so that the photography dealers can switch their focus to companies that actually are interested in supplying photographers. Cheers, Nathan Nathan Wajsman Alicante, Spain http://www.frozenlight.eu http://www.greatpix.eu PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws Blog: http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/ YNWA On May 25, 2013, at 2:28 PM, Joseph Yao wrote: > Leica have been shipping sufficient quantities of the new M240. They may > not have been sending them to their 'traditional' markets where their > profit > margins are lower. You will see plenty of M240 in, for example, Beijing > and > Shanghai, where the going rate for one is US$12,000 to US$13,000. > > A handful of limited production silver chrome MM have been made for the > Chinese market, and available at RMB 1,581,000 each, approx. US$258,280. > > Joseph > >