Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/12/29
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Dominique PELLISSIER wrote: >> ##################### > If sharpness is not the main criterium, why buy Leica lenses ? Nikon or > Canon lenses are 3 or 4 times less expensive. > Do you know that only 15% of Leica buyers in the world are professionals > (origin : Leica Camera and Le Figaro (a french newspaper)06/02/98 p.4) > ?...So 85 % of pros have answered to my question.They don't buy Leica. > That's the strategic problem for Leica Camera : how to conquer > professionals who are, in essence, rational because they earn money with a > camera ? > If I were a young pro, I'd never buy a Leica gear : too expensive, son. > Even "old" pros are reluctant. Some months ago the french photographer > Jeanloup Sieff tried the 24 M. He answered to Leica : "Its price makes me > move back a bit" (son prix me fait un peu reculer").He didn't buy it. > > Dominique Pellissier I think Jeanloup Sieff would be expecting the Leica people to give him one, I'm sure they've dumped plenty of stuff in his lap. His photos would indicate a great fondness for detail. I'm a great fan of him, detail and your posts here.