Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/08/21

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Subject: RE: [Leica] R9 scoop
From: "B. D. Colen" <bdcolen@earthlink.net>
Date: Wed, 21 Aug 2002 09:57:52 -0400

Yes, Rolf - A replacement would make sense if R sales weren't dropping like
the Dow.;-)

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From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
[mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us]On Behalf Of Rolfe
Tessem
Sent: Wednesday, August 21, 2002 9:42 AM
To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
Subject: Re: [Leica] R9 scoop




- --On Wednesday, August 21, 2002 09:34:32 AM +0200 Pascal
<cyberdog@attglobal.net> wrote:

<snip>

> So, if all that will be happening at Photokina appears to be a cut-down
> R8, without any clear indication of a true R9 (not an AF but rather as
> described above) and without clear commitment towards a digital R body, I
> fear the worst for the R line in a couple of years.
>
> Pascal

I would like to point out that people have been predicting the demise of
the Leica SLR line for at least the past 25 years. If it wasn't killed off
in the '70s, I don't think its going to be killed off now.

I happen to love my R8, since I use it primarily with the longer and
heavier lenses for which the body is a good match.  But there are
definitely those who think the body is too large or too heavy. If a smaller
body will sell to that group, then it is a smart thing for Leica to do.

The rumor that went around when the R6.2 was cancelled was that Leica had
simply run out of body shells which, the story went, were supplied by
Minolta. If that was the only reason for the cancellation and if the camera
was still selling reasonably well, then a replacement would make sense.

Rolfe

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