Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/01/12

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Subject: [Leica] Re: RF / SLR
From: jayanand at gmail.com (Jayanand Govindaraj)
Date: Fri Jan 12 18:22:27 2007
References: <A1C16357-EF9C-4F4E-85C2-D94243AE2A53@mac.com> <C1CD8A04.512F%lug@steveunsworth.co.uk>

I think that you miss the point that there are not many of that species
around, at least, not enough to fill Leica's coffers. Even Tina and Harrison
agree that they would use a M8 in addition to their SLRs, and not replace
them. Stop looking at it from your narrow point of view, and look at it from
Leica's point of view. Selling a couple of dozen M8 cameras to members of
this list will not make much difference in their fortunes. They have to go
for a broader market, and hence the strategy to make this an iconic,
fashionable buy. They really have no choice at the price point the M8 is at
and have to get at least one good year of sales out of the M8 to shore up
their net worth for the future.  All of us buy so much of our Leica gear
second hand, that I think that is the only route to take to entice new
buyers. Buying second hand is good for us, but bad for Leica. My guess is
that, barring a miracle,  Leica will inevitably end up in a few years as
third party lens manufacturers - rather as Zeiss is doing now, or some
Japanese giant will take them over.
Cheers
Jayanand


On 1/13/07, Steve Unsworth <lug@steveunsworth.co.uk> wrote:
>
> Thank you for saying that George, it's a point many people seem to miss.
>
> Steve
>
>
>
> On 12/1/07 18:00, "Lottermoser George" <imagist3@mac.com> wrote:
>
> > If a photographer wishes to work with a digital range finder camera
> > the D200 and/or 5D obviously do not fit in their decision.
> >
> > Regards,
> > George Lottermoser
> > george@imagist.com
> >
> >
> >
> > On Jan 11, 2007, at 9:46 PM, Jayanand Govindaraj wrote:
> >
> >> I do not
> >> think that many photographers will spend US$5000 on the M8 when a
> >> D200 or a
> >> 5D are available at the price they are.
>
>
>
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Replies: Reply from telyt at earthlink.net (Douglas Herr) ([Leica] Re: RF / SLR)
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Reply from lug at steveunsworth.co.uk (Steve Unsworth) ([Leica] Re: RF / SLR)
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