[Leica] Re: RF / SLR

[jayanand at gmail.com (Jayanand Govindaraj)]

George,Doug,Steve
I agree with your points of view as far as your photography is concerned.
Cheers
Jayanand


On 1/13/07, Lottermoser George <imagist3@mac.com> wrote:
>
> On Jan 12, 2007, at 8:22 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,
>
> The narrow point of view seems to be yours Jayanand.
> I've always had slrs to complement my M's.
> As have Tina and Ted and many other M users.
> I don't intend the M8 to "replace" my 5D, 20D, R8,
> nor my Linhof Tech or Kardans, Deardorf, or Hasselblad.
> I intend it complement the tools I have and work with my lenses
> and M6's, which will become backups.
>
> > 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.
>
> My main concern is with photography and the tools that I use to
> create visual images.
> You seem hung up on price, market, number sold, fashion (or not), and
> how it all plays out in a decade.
> While I share a little bit of interest in Leica's point of view as
> regards market strategy, it has nothing whatever
> to do with the photographs that I create with my tools today, nor the
> ones I create when my M8 arrives.
>
> I don't know the numbers. But I feel fairly confident that Leica is
> selling quite a few more than a "dozen" on this list
>
> Regards,
> George Lottermoser
> george@imagist.com
>
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