Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/12/18

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Subject: [Leica] Re: Is the M8 the Edsel of cameras?
From: kididdoc at cox.net (Steve Barbour)
Date: Mon Dec 18 16:14:46 2006
References: <200612180922.kBI9LnUW015996@server1.waverley.reid.org> <9E7234FD-60AE-460A-85E5-D4A0E714B82F@optonline.net>

On Dec 18, 2006, at 8:29 AM, Lawrence Zeitlin wrote:
> For those too young to remember, the Edsel was actually a pretty  
> good car, albeit one with an obscene grill. It was just a big,  
> powerful, expensive car introduced when the market demand had  
> switched to smaller and more economical cars. The Edsel's design  
> and features were based on market research studies done several  
> years earlier. By the time the car hit the dealerships, car buyers  
> had changed their minds.
>
> Leica owners, be careful what you wish for. You may get it....

maybe too late,

when you don't want it anymore...

:-)


Steve



In reply to: Message from lrzeitlin at optonline.net (Lawrence Zeitlin) ([Leica] Re: Is the M8 the Edsel of cameras?)