Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/04/05

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Subject: Re: [Leica] 2/90 R Summicron rumor
From: Alfred Breull <puma@hannover.sgh-net.de>
Date: Sun, 5 Apr 1998 19:21:57 +0200

At 10:34 05.04.1998 -0500, Eric wrote:
>There is no way Leica is going to abandon the 90 Summicron. It's an
>extremely popular lens, and a very good compromise between the 100 Apo
>Macro and the 80 Summilux. 

Your argument sounds reasonable to me, Eric. 

On the other hand, I'm thinking on Solm's East Asia losses of almost 
50 percent during the last 3 months, the introduction of the M6-0.85, 
and the current perfection of the M series by the intro of the new 75 
and the expected APO 90.

Solms needs a little pushing and could rush the M series selling 
ciphers, if they'd allow a temporarily limited 90 mm advantage.
Maybe, they may even put a little pressure on the Contax ciphers.

Or is it completely absurd from economical standpoint ?

Alf


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