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Subject: [Leica] Summarit Reviews
From: leica at screengang.com (Didier Ludwig)
Date: Sat Jan 12 11:40:04 2008
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I believe the Summarits should compete not only the used lens market, but
Cosina sales also (Zeiss & especially the Voigtlander Skopars f2.5
35/50/75).
Though I'd still prefer a faster used Summicron/lux to a new Summarit. Speed
still matters...
D.
>(...) However my real point is that the major market for the Summarits is
>us cheapskates that buy used (...) In some previous statement by the
>President of Leica USA or the CEO of Leica Germany, the guy said that the
>sale of used equipment is 4 times the new products sale. I think he wants a
>piece of that market segment (...)
>Frank Filippone
Replies:
Reply from red735i at earthlink.net (Frank Filippone) ([Leica] Summarit Reviews)
In reply to:
Message from alal at duke.poly.edu (A. Lal) ([Leica] Summarit Reviews)
Message from red735i at earthlink.net (Frank Filippone) ([Leica] Summarit Reviews)
Message from bd at bdcolenphoto.com (bd@bdcolenphoto.com) ([Leica] Summarit Reviews)
Message from red735i at earthlink.net (Frank Filippone) ([Leica] Summarit Reviews)