Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2011/06/13

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Subject: [Leica] Another R option (now M9)
From: csaganich at gmail.com (Chris Saganich)
Date: Mon, 13 Jun 2011 10:30:35 -0400
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It is good to know the Leica business model is working.  I think the German
family business model is fairing better then the DAX firms. There is
something to that legacy thing.

On Mon, Jun 13, 2011 at 9:18 AM, Frank Filippone <red735i at 
earthlink.net>wrote:

> You don't really mean this...... do you?
>
> For one, the day I buy an M9 for $7K, is the last day I stay married.
>
> If there were a $3-4-5K M9. I might be tempted.
> For a backup camera, a $3-4-5K M9 would also sell like hotcakes.
>
> If you double the volume, ( using the perverse and inverse of Moore's Law)
> the manufacturing cost should halve.
>
> Frank Filippone
> Red735i at earthlink.net
>
>
> A lower retail price isn't going to make enough difference in demand to get
> the volume production needed to reduce production cost.
>
> Doug Herr
>
>
>
>
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Chris Saganich
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In reply to: Message from wildlightphoto at earthlink.net (Doug Herr) ([Leica] Another R option (now M9))
Message from red735i at earthlink.net (Frank Filippone) ([Leica] Another R option (now M9))