Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/02/08
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Where do you get your information that the R6.2 is outselling the R8???? I have never even seen an R6.2 in the flesh because my local Leica dealers don't stock it -- order only basis. The R8 sold tremendously in its first couple years. Any slow sales now are probably more because those who want it, for the most part, have it. More of a case of convincing people of the Leica system over N**** or C****, than of the individual merits of the R8. Any dealers out there using them for bookends are simpy asking too much and ought to take them to ebay! Of course, this would indicate maybe they need to get a newer version out, but what are they going to change if AF is not in the forseeable future -- An F5 meter pattern? Built in motor? And, don't get me started on my appreciation of what they have done with lens design the last decade! Look at one of the guide books and you will see how from 88 or 89 to 98 or 99 there were close to doube the new lens introductions over the previous decade! Tom Schofield