Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/03/09
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Pascal- Good guess. I snipped the words of Mr. Ehmes. He continued, "Since there is stock, the R8s we complete here will be on the market some time later." He also says, "We put 'made in Portugal' on the Geovits and compact binoculars we complete here, but it seems hard to imagine 'made in Portugal' on the M cameras. I, as a head of Leica Portugal, always tell Solms 'We can do it. So leave it to us.' I must admit that M is a camera with images of history and tradition, but I would like to emphasize the same level of quality in the factories in Portugal and Germany." His comments suggest that R8 will be 'made in Portugal' before long. Mikiro At 6:36 pm +0100 9/3/00, Pascal wrote: >On 09-03-2000 12:54 Mikiro wrote: > >>R8s were >>made here and checked up and packaged in Germany until June 99. Now we are >>making and completeing them here." > >Interesting report, Mikiro. > >This would mean, as far as the R8 is concerned, that Leica can no longer >legally put the label "made in Germany" onto bodies made after June 99. >"Made in" refers to the country where the highest added value is made on >the final product. >But, are there still new R8 bodies being made? I thought Leica had a >stock excess. > >Pascal >NO ARCHIVE > >-------------------------------------------------------- >See my photo pages at http://members.xoom.com/cyberplace/ >-------------------------------------------------------- >"Never ask a man what sort of computer he drives. If he's a Mac user >he'll tell you. If not, why embarrass him?" >--Tom Clancy >-------------------------------------------------------- ><<< PGP public key available on request >>>