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

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Subject: [Leica] new 1ds mark II
From: feli at creocollective.com (Feli di Giorgio)
Date: Fri Sep 24 17:28:16 2004
References: <20040925002042.55481.qmail@web86207.mail.ukl.yahoo.com>
 
On Fri, 2004-09-24 at 17:20, FRANK DERNIE wrote:
> Hi Feli,
> I am not sure you are right. Nothing I know of is high
> profit at low volume, unless truly ludicrous like
> $10,000 handbags. As I understand it the top end pro
> cameras are loss leaders as part of marketing to add
> gloss to the profitable volume models. I understand
> that the top of the line models do not sell in
> sufficient numbers to cover costs.
> Frank

Could be, but unless Leica moves production to Asia, I can't seen them
competing in the mid-pro segment with the D2x and D1 MkII...

Feli
In reply to: Message from frank.dernie at btinternet.com (FRANK DERNIE) ([Leica] new 1ds mark II)