Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/04/02
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Good info 100 M9 units a day is probably 2000-2100 per month. If that is the case then unit sales of film cameras is about 5%. . Right now the sales of M9 is high due to it's recent introduction and high demand. Within a year I would expect it to reach levels comparable to the M8/8.2. I think that's about 1000 units per month. If film sales stay the same then their unit sales would rise to 9-10%. Still a very low number and it seems only a matter of time before Leica phases them out Geoff Hopkinson wrote: > Last year Stefan Daniel mentioned 100 units per month total (M7&MP) for the > world with the majority going to China and Japan. > At a broad guesstimate the M9 may be achieving 100 units a day currently > and > the Leica USA President is estimating that they are 6 to 7 months > backlogged > currently. Stefan Daniel aready said that they can actually sell more film > M's than they are making right now...... but with M9 sales 40% higher than > expected and M lenses in much greater demand......... > Naturally all of those numbers are simply miniscule in the dSLR scale of > things anyway. > Very likely Leica is selling more film cameras than most, although I have > no > idea on Zeiss and Cosina sales for their film rangefinders. If you do want > a > new M9, M7 or MP maybe you need to talk to your dealer. They certainly > aren't discounting them or putting them in their clearance specials.. > > Cheers > Geoff > http://www.pbase.com/hoppyman > > > On 1 April 2010 18:46, Dennis <dennis at hale-pohaku.com> wrote: > > >> *Q. What percent of your sales are film cameras?* >> >> The film cameras are running under 5 percent. >> >> This doesn't really tell me anything. Is that based on unit sales or >> revenue? >> >> Even if you knew the answer, the real question is how many units of film >> cameras were sold last year compared to the units sold the year before >> that. >> >> >> >> Richard Man wrote: >> >> >>> Sad. The digital onslaught continues... >>> >>> >>> http://www.northjersey.com/news/89346507_Leica_president_focused_on_big_picture.html?c=y&page=1 >>> >>> >>> >>> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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 > >