Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/01/13
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Why shouldn't I look at it from my narrow point of view? It's _my_ money that's buying the thing. Steve On 13/1/07 02:22, "Jayanand Govindaraj" <jayanand@gmail.com> 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. >> >> Steve >>