Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/11/01
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]According to Leica, the X1 is made by them, and their design. Gene -------------- Original message from "Frank Filippone" <red735i at earthlink.net>: -------------- > The M9 already exists, I was referring to new camera product development. > If I go back just a few months, then my recommended priority was #1 FF M8, > #2 a Digi FF SLR, #3 new optics to go with the DigiR. Deep 6 the S2, > continue with the rebranded products to bring in some short term profits. > Followed by product tweaks. > > R Bodies: Poor seller? The R8, introduced in 1996, was one of the last > high > end SLR Film cameras. It was hideously behind in features compared to > Nikon > and Canon. But it did take R glass. By 1999, the R8 and R9 was selling > against the Digi-SLR rebellion ( Nikon D1 introduced in 1999). The R9 was > never going to be a big winner, when everyone was buying digital. If it > had > been a Digi camera, it might have been Leica's best seller! Think of all > the R fans out there that would beat down the doors to use their R glass > with a Digi R and not gone Canon or Nikon.. > > I am already on record.. the S2 "stole" resources from the R10, and for > that > reason alone it should have been cancelled. > > Leica does not make the X1. It is a financial strategy. As it does not > steal a large amount of resources from the R+D team, I am neutral on its > existence. > Anyone that does not like the X1 because of its features ( or whatever > reason you wish to put here) is going out and buying a $13-20K of M9 stuff? > I doubt they buyers are in the same camp. 2 different markets, with little > to no overlap. > > Frank Filippone > red735i at earthlink.net > > M9, M10? Cameras like the X1 that bridge the gap between P&S and the M > range. > > The R range has been a poor seller for a long time. Did Leica ever recover > the development costs of the R8? I'm sure that if the S2 had been at the > same level of development at the R10 when the recession started and/or the > new CEO joined it too would have been canned. > > Steve > > > On 1/11/09 15:20, "Frank Filippone" wrote: > > > What other major development can save their company? The S2? > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information