Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/07/11
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]on 7/11/02 9:33 AM, Darrell Jennings at darrell_jennings@yahoo.com thoughtfully wrote: > I hope that Leica sells lots of cameras to collectors, > and people that want them for status or whatever their > reasons are, because that will keep the company > afloat. They don't need to advertise to the people on > this list...we'd seek them out and buy them if they > tried to hide from us. If they make a good profit that > allows them fund more development, and make more stuff > that many of us that are Leica enthusiasts will want > to buy. And Leica did one thing that BMW didn't > do...BMW discontinued the 2002 in the 1970's, Leica > still makes the M. Some may argue that the M3 is > better than the M7, but Leica would certainly NOT be > in business today if they simply continued stamping > out M3's for 50 years. The fact that they've continued > the M at all is a good thing for all of us. They > don't make everything I'd like them to, but I'm not > unhappy with what they have done...so if they are > listening, keep it up, and don't forget the > enthusiasts that buy the cameras because (as Tina > points out), you can drop them in the river and keep > on shooting....DJ Well I equate my R8 to my 540i I think the M7 is clearly a Mini Cooper-S which is retro but happens to be an insanely great little car. If I needed a new car I'd be in line for one of them! Adam - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html