Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/09/25

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Subject: [Leica] a serious question
From: imagist3 at mac.com (Lottermoser George)
Date: Thu Sep 25 09:03:33 2008
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On Sep 25, 2008, at 10:11 AM, Philip Forrest wrote:
> not be able to play on
> the world market with companies like Canon and Nikon

Leica has played for over 3/4's of a century
and they continue to play

> Leica still falls short in
> pricing vs product utility.

expensive? yes
utility? second to none within their product categories

> Leica can't compete

for low ball price point? correct
for optical quality? they compete and win
for build quality? they compete and win
for image quality? they compete and win
for ergonomics? they compete and win
for beautiful product design? they compete and win

Fond regards,
George

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