Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/02/28
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Stephen Gandy wrote: > > the R8 measures up nicely against the F3, a manual focus camera introduced > in 1980. > > Leica was foolish to invest so much money in a manual focus camera, the R8 > died in the market place, much like the M5. > > look at the Leica quarterly statements, R sales are in serious trouble. > > this is not to say it is not a fine, even a great camera. the problem is > that it is a total sales dud. This may be a problem for Leica, but I fail to see why it is particularly relevant to a user. - -- Rolfe Tessem | Lucky Duck Productions, Inc. rolfe@ldp.com | 96 Morton Street (212) 463-0029 | New York, NY 10014 - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html