Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/01/12
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Leica cannot compete with Nikon and Canon period. If they try to, they are doomed period. Quite a few photographers prefer a good quality rangefinder over an SLR. I know I do. Leica makes a good quality film rangefinder and their only hope of survival is to make a good quality digital one. Whether the M8 is that I cannot say. I have bought a fair amount of Leica equipment new and I do not believe I am alone on this list, or in the world for that matter in doing so. John Collier On 12-Jan-07, at 7:22 PM, Jayanand Govindaraj wrote: > I think that you miss the point that there are not many of that > species > around, at least, not enough to fill Leica's coffers. Even Tina and > Harrison > agree that they would use a M8 in addition to their SLRs, and not > replace > them. Stop looking at it from your narrow point of view, and look > at it from > Leica's point of view. Selling a couple of dozen M8 cameras to > members of > this list will not make much difference in their fortunes. They > have to go > for a broader market, and hence the strategy to make this an iconic, > fashionable buy. They really have no choice at the price point the > M8 is at > and have to get at least one good year of sales out of the M8 to > shore up > their net worth for the future. All of us buy so much of our Leica > gear > second hand, that I think that is the only route to take to entice new > buyers. Buying second hand is good for us, but bad for Leica. My > guess is > that, barring a miracle, Leica will inevitably end up in a few > years as > third party lens manufacturers - rather as Zeiss is doing now, or some > Japanese giant will take them over. > Cheers > Jayanand > > > On 1/13/07, Steve Unsworth <lug@steveunsworth.co.uk> wrote: >> >> Thank you for saying that George, it's a point many people seem to >> miss. >> >> On 12/1/07 18:00, "Lottermoser George" <imagist3@mac.com> wrote: >> >> > If a photographer wishes to work with a digital range finder camera >> > the D200 and/or 5D obviously do not fit in their decision. >> > >> > >> > On Jan 11, 2007, at 9:46 PM, Jayanand Govindaraj wrote: >> > >> >> I do not >> >> think that many photographers will spend US$5000 on the M8 when a >> >> D200 or a >> >> 5D are available at the price they are.