Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/07/04

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Re: R8 Sales in HK and Taiwan
From: Chris Lee <chrislee@mac.com>
Date: Tue, 04 Jul 2000 19:41:44 -0700
 
That explains the dirt cheap prices of the R in the region.

Regards,   

Chris Lee

> Dear Luggers,
> My new found friend at Schmidt told me yesterday that R8 sales are slow in
> Hong Kong. Don't know what that means in terms of numbers (a few hundred
> units a year??) He thought it was maybe because the camera is too big for
> local tastes and indeed, I handled the R8 with motordrive and the combo is
> really bulky for me. Curiously, I was told that sales of R8s in Taiwan are
> brisk - so the difference in sales between HK and Taiwan - isn't because
> customers are Chinese. If I were to venture into Leica SLRs I think it
> would be with an R6.2 for the size alone. On second thought I think I'll
> stick with my loaner M6 and the rangefinder series and go out and take
> pictures.
> Cheers
> Howard.