Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/10/16

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Subject: [Leica] Future R Plan
From: telyt at earthlink.net (Doug Herr)
Date: Sat Oct 16 14:22:33 2004

on 10/16/04 8:16 AM, Frank Filippone at red735i@earthlink.net wrote:

> Digital back for the R is a viable strategy, but it will not save Leica 
> from
> extinction because they will not sell enough of them, and because they make
> their money on the glass, not the bodies.

People will not spend their money on Leica glass if they don't see a digital
option.  IMHO the DMR's primary purpose is to give buyers the impression
that the R system isn't a dead-end street, like Contax RTS is now.

Doug Herr
Birdman of Sacramento
http://www.wildlightphoto.com



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