Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/04/01
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Morons Day? :-) Besides, Leica doesn't have the marketing savvy to come up with something as sensible as what's suggested in this April Fools post. Forget the pricing question - It makes too damn much sense to introduce what they could position as essential the digital CL, to hook Leicaphiles on digital, to be followed by the 'real' digital M. Ah well.... -----Original Message----- From: lug-bounces+bdcolen=earthlink.net@leica-users.org [mailto:lug-bounces+bdcolen=earthlink.net@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of Doug Herr Sent: Thursday, April 01, 2004 8:38 AM To: Leica Users Group Subject: Re: [Leica] Leica is buying the Epson R-D1 technology! What is today's date? Doug Herr Birdman of Sacramento http://www.wildlightphoto.com on 4/1/04 5:25 AM, Dante Stella at dante@umich.edu wrote: > I saw the same article - you left out that part that due to new > efficiencies of scale, the Leica model will cost HALF of the RD-1's > $3800 price. > > On Apr 1, 2004, at 7:42 AM, Richard F. Man wrote: > >> According to a Lecia web forum, Leica is buying the Epson R-D1 >> technology! They claim that this will allow them to ship the digital >> M by the year's end, instead of in 2006. They have a crash team >> adapting their 10 Megapixel full frame sensor to the R-D1 body and >> release it as Leica R-D1 by Photokina. The team that was working on >> the original Leica Digital M will continue to work on R-D2, that uses >> the Leica M7 body instead o the modified Voigtlander R2. Due to this >> buyout, Epson will not be releasing the R-D1 as announced :-( Of >> course we will have a full frame camera instead of the 1.5x crop >> factor so this is good news indeed. >> >> Apparently the deal only works because Epson couldn't see how they >> can sell the R-D1 into this niche market. So instead of just dropping >> the whole project, they cut their losses and struck a deal with >> Leica. There are some rumors that Epson bought out the Hermes shares >> of Leica >> (30%) at 200% premium to make the transaction appealing to Hermes, but >> there's no independent confirmation for now. >> >> // richard (This email is for mailing lists. To reach me directly, >> please use richard@imagecraft.com) >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> >> > ____________ > Dante Stella > http://www.dantestella.com > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information _______________________________________________ Leica Users Group. See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information