Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/09/23
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]George, You are absolutely right. OTOH, R&D takes capital. And it appears that the availability of capital has dried up. The pendulum has swung far the other way, and it happened quite suddenly. The price of risk taking just became much, much higher. We haven't even experienced the fallout yet. We've gone from an era of very loose money to an era where money will be very tight. The media talks about high executive compensation, etc. Next they'll hammer the blame game, which may get me riled up but really doesn't solve anything. It's water under the bridge. What's past is past. It doesn't really affect people like the impact of tight money will. Scarce capital will impact R&D (one of the first areas usually that gets cut), and not just in digital imaging, but in many industries. Whether or not this will mean a dramatic slowdown in the introduction of new products, I don't know. But my hunch is that it will. For someone who wants to get longer useful life out of a product with having another carrot hanging just out of reach, that's a good thing. For someone who's always wanting something newer and better, that may not be so good. Time will tell, but I think we're in a new era of product development. Personally I think all the techie BS has gotten in the way of the fundamentals of photography, or simply taking and making good photographs (which I ought to be able to do with what I currently own). Of course, there's a chance that I could be wrong...about slower product development, I mean, and not about being able to get by with what I've already got. :-) DaveR -----Original Message----- From: Lottermoser George [mailto:imagist3@mac.com] Sent: Monday, September 22, 2008 11:33 PM To: Leica Users Group Subject: Re: [Leica] S2 hits Photokina Yes. Every market has potential for innovation and improvement in form and function; and risk. Fond regards, George george@imagist.com http://www.imagist.com http://www.imagist.com/blog http://www.linkedin.com/in/imagist On Sep 22, 2008, at 10:25 PM, red735i@earthlink.net wrote: > Is the market really big enough to share?