Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/09/27
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On Sun, 27 Sep 1998 15:33:19 -0700, Jim Brick wrote: [Lots of good stuff snipped to save bandwidth.] >The "real" customer base that floats Leica is not the >"groupies" like us. I don't want to start a flame war with this question, but I can't help wondering who Leica perceives their customer base to be? Ted reported that Leica usage at the Commonwealth Games was next to non-existent. I gather here and elsewhere that this is largely true among professional photographers--at least among those that don't subscribe to this list. Leicas of all descriptions are too expensive for the dilettants, who, for that kind of money, will not want a camera that requires them to think anyway. In sum, Leica usage seems to be a specialized, niche market. So who does float Leica? To me it seems like the quintessential enthusiast product, though 50 years ago I'm sure that wasn't true. /*------------------------------------------------------------- ** ** Howard Sanner ** Kirsten Flagstad Discographer ** Ampex Mailing List Founder ** flagstad@sysnet.net ** */