Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/02/14
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Perhaps I'm dense Andreas. I don't understand your "dear Jim" response below??? Did you not separate my response from Peter's allegation? Could you please explain? Jim At 10:21 PM 2/14/99 +0100, you wrote: >dear Jim, > >we might not all be collectors, but wasn't the "PAD" a bit funny ? the >professionals. >please don't hit too hard. > >ciao > >andreas > > >>Peter K. wrote: >> >>> > This is the reason the M is more a collectible than a user >>> camera. >>> >>>> The Ms are nice but in reality little >>>> used today by the great majority of photographers. >>> >>With this logic, it is difficult to imagine how Leica stays in business. >>Collectors and people who don't take pictures typically don't buy new >>cameras. The M6 would be history by now if "photographers" didn't buy them. >>As with any camera system, there is a percentage of buyers that, for some >>reason or another, never use the equipment. But this cannot be the >>majority. There are enough "photographers" buying new M cameras and lenses >>to fully support that division of Leica. It would be impossible to design >>and produce all of the new M (ASPH and APO) lenses as well as the TTL M6 >>without a viable market. The company, Leica AG, would be long gone if >>"users" did not buy new equipment. >> >>The notion that the M is more a collector than a user, or that the M is >>little used today, is, fortunately, incorrect. >> >>Jim >