Re: [Leica] This is the definite logic behind those Leica gadgets - read with humor

["Dan Post" <dwpost@email.msn.com>]

Aah! it's nice to see the spirit of capitalism alive and well in Europe!
dwpost@msn.com
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From: Pascal <cyberdog@ibm.net>
To: Leica Users Group <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>
Date: Tuesday, December 30, 1997 7:43 AM
Subject: [Leica] This is the definite logic behind those Leica gadgets -
read with humor

>If there were no Leica gadgets to sell, or nobody interested in buying
>these (sometimes expensive and often useful) items, there would be no
>extra profits for Leica Solms gained thru merchandising. This would lead
>towards less overall profits for the camera maker, which in turn would
>imply less investment money for R&D, so less innovative cameras and
>lenses, possibly even no R8.2 or R9 (AF?), surely no R8 motordrive for
>1998 (the motorwinder only just came out), and I could go on like this
>for a long time.
>
>Morale of the story: buy as much items as you can from the Leica
>Collection catalogue, it is all going to the nice and wonderful people at
>Solms who will, in return, make even better cameras and lenses, beat the
>Jap competition, provide more jobs for Germans and Portuguese (and on a
>larger scale for all their friendly foreign distributors), and -most
>important of all- be able to put more effort in effective quality control
>before shipping items to the end consumers...
>
>My wish list for 1998 or is this asked for too much?
>
>:-)
>
>Pascal
>Belgium
>
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