Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/01/13

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Subject: [Leica] Re: RF / SLR
From: jayanand at gmail.com (Jayanand Govindaraj)
Date: Sat Jan 13 01:41:29 2007
References: <3cad89990701121822v971f246kea3973a310aca70f@mail.gmail.com> <C1CE58D9.51FA%lug@steveunsworth.co.uk>

Do so.
Cheers
Jayanand

On 1/13/07, Steve Unsworth <lug@steveunsworth.co.uk> wrote:
>
> Why shouldn't I look at it from my narrow point of view? It's _my_ money
> that's buying the thing.
>
> Steve
>
>
> On 13/1/07 02:22, "Jayanand Govindaraj" <jayanand@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > 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
> >>
>
>
>
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In reply to: Message from jayanand at gmail.com (Jayanand Govindaraj) ([Leica] Re: RF / SLR)
Message from lug at steveunsworth.co.uk (Steve Unsworth) ([Leica] Re: RF / SLR)