[Leica] Hans Peter Cohn honored by LHSA

[red735i at earthlink.net (Frank Filippone)]

"Gee it seemed it was a lot of putting things together." ............ with
someone else's direct resources.  usually this gets a guy into the bosses'
seat, but invariably it also makes the company weaker.

The problem with this type of management is that it makes no high profit.
Items that are bought and then relabeled and resold, is a low margin
business.  It is precisley what Leica does NOT need.  It needs to sell high
margin glass.  Not Panasonic cameras with the Leica name........

Remember, a $2500 50mm F1.4 lens is roughly 8-10 times the sales price of
the next  most expensive lens of this description.  And all the gnomes in
Germany, with whatever tools, precision, vacations, etc. do not account for
that price difference.  It is a real profit maker.

Herr Coenen"s motto should be.... "Make Glass That Sells"! "Make Products
that Sell Glass!"

Instead of priortizing their next new product, they should be keeping their
resumes ( CDV) up to date if they expect that the futue of Leica is pretty
leather on custom made bodies or Panasonic digital or analog cameras with a
Red Dot.

Frank Filippone
red735i@earthlink.net