Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/09/24

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Subject: [Leica] new 1ds mark II
From: bdcolen at earthlink.net (B. D. Colen)
Date: Fri Sep 24 14:06:48 2004

It does make some sense. But then I was convinced five years ago that
they should be offering an M body and one lens at cost to any student in
a full accredited BFA program in photography. Talk about how to hook a
new generation on Leica.

-----Original Message-----
From: lug-bounces+bdcolen=earthlink.net@leica-users.org
[mailto:lug-bounces+bdcolen=earthlink.net@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of
Dan C
Sent: Friday, September 24, 2004 4:35 PM
To: Leica Users Group
Subject: RE: [Leica] new 1ds mark II


Hey B.D....I think you're on to something here.

-dan c.

At 04:30 PM 24-09-04 -0400, B. D. Colen wrote:
[snip]
>I realize that there are development costs, etc. But I wonder...What do

>you suppose would happen if Leica offered that back at cost? That's 
>right - at cost? Let's suppose that the back COSTS $1500 to produce. 
>Suppose they sold it for $1500, which would allow any Leica R owner to 
>get into high quality digital for $1500. And would allow anyone else to

>get into high quality digital AND Leica for the $1500 plus the cost of 
>a used R8...How many R bodies would Leica then sell? How many R lenses?

>I'm no business man, but I'll bet they would make allot more money in 
>the long run selling that thing at cost, bringing new Leicaphiles into 
>the Leicatent  than they'll ever make selling it at 4K plus...
>
>But what do I know? Much of the Leica attraction seems to be its high 
>cost and exclusivity....

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