Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/01/19
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]- ----- Original Message ----- From: John Collier <jbcollier@home.com> To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> Sent: Wednesday, January 19, 2000 9:03 PM Subject: Re: [Leica] Questions for Steve AND Erwin re new rangefinders > on 19/1/00 9:06 pm, Stephen Gandy at leicanikon@earthlink.net wrote: > > > Perhaps it would be a good time to bring out a > > CL2. A new small compact M would be lower priced, and offer definite choices > > to the buyer between a CL2 and a M6. > > > > The entry level M could be sold to the newbie with "Would you rather buy a > > COSINA or a real Leica for only $250 more?" The experienced M user would > > have > > it all figured out, and just go for it. > > I always thought, and I thought you did too Stephen, that the CL > single-handedly killed off the M5, all but destroyed the regular M sales and > did not make the company much money. Though I suppose M***** did okay. I am > not arguing against it (or the CL for that matter) but perhaps Leica is > feeling once bitten twice shy. > > John Collier > >