Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/09/19
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On Sep 19, 2007, at 4:02 PM, Philippe Amard wrote: > Well someone started the R threads by referring to Panasonic gear - do > you think Leica would have survived without working for/with them? No idea Philippe. I really don't follow the financial stuff (which is why I'm dirt poor). > This brings other questions : > What have Leica got to sell today in terms of R ? Again. I can't afford to buy new Leica anything with the rare exception of M8 and 50 lux asph. So, I don't look at what's on the shelf. It appears that there's a good deal of new R glass available in Europe at retail price points. This is just a feeling on my part by occasionally looking at vendors lists. > Has the M8 already covered its development costs? Don't know. > Add to that > after-sales problems and filters (5000 x 8000 ?) > What else do they sell? the Digilux 3? Not sure how many units of one sort or another a small company has to sell. No idea what percentage of Leica branded Panasonics go to Pano. Nor what percentage of Pano's with Leica lenses brand goes to Leica. I have to assume that things are going OK with all of that. > I don't see many on the streets. > Lenses ; you admitted that you bought yours second hand. If as for > Chris, they came from new Cists or Nists, where's Leica's profit? When I said they made a profit - I based that on someone posting on these pages a recent P&L report. > I DK if company financial reports are public in Germany, and if they > are that much detailed, but I'd be curious to have a look. I leave it to the bean counters. > BTW: Chris somewhere has a right to go N, all the better for those > guys > of us who will buy his glass when he wants more N glass. That's how I figure it. > We all hope Leica will come up with something, and something up to our > expectations, if not to our banker's satisfaction when we explain him > why. But, the main point maybe that if they didn't, our life-long > dreams > would instantly melt, and that I would resent so much, wouldn't you?. Well no. My life long dreams do not rest on Leica camera company. My life long (photographic) dreams rest on image making. I've managed to make images with all manner of gear. Currently: Leica digital equipment is making me and my clients quite happy. If Leica goes away I won't resent it. They've had a really good and fun run of it. I may move to medium format digital if Leica doesn't continue improving their pro level digital equipment. Who knows? One things for sure. We live in interesting and uncertain times. Regards, George Lottermoser george@imagist.com