Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/10/19
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]As a PR guy - sorry - I have to disagree. It would be one thing if they were re-issuing a camera from the 50s or 60s as a users camera at a users price. They would then get a lot of ink, and attention, for their effort to revive the rangefinder, a camera type now reduced to a rich guy's toy and a bit of esoterica used by a handful of pros - I'm not saying I believe it, I'm just suggesting how it might be pitched. But to produce a $6K version of a camera that sold for, what, $390 or so when last produced? Not much good PR there... B. D. Mark Rabiner wrote: > > ><Snip> > > > > Nikon just built a copy of their old S4, which was one the cheapest models > > available from them in the fifties, with a 50/1.4. They still had the old > > tooling so there was very little in the way of development costs. It sells > > for $6000US and Nikon says they are LOSING MONEY ON EVERY ONE! > > > > John Collier > > > > -- > But priceless what they are getting for it in PR value!!! > > ?? > :) > Mark Rabiner > > Portland, Oregon > USA > > http://www.rabiner.cncoffice.com/ > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html