Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2013/05/26

[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]

Subject: [Leica] REASONS why Leica is so slow with M
From: john at mcmaster.co.nz (John McMaster)
Date: Mon, 27 May 2013 06:50:53 +0000
References: <CAE3QcF6C=Tozcs7Qe95rP-B2bhUmXzj6Ag7QBc5RXW4rD-HPTA@mail.gmail.com> <CDC87893.A2E1%mark@rabinergroup.com>

If you look around the web there are various sources saying that Sony make a 
negligible profit or slight loss on each RX1, that is with formidable mass 
production techniques and making the sensor in house - Leica are unlikely to 
come close to that price point....

john

> -----Original Message-----
> 
> We could take bets.
> We need to learn to see not what's OUTSIDE the box We need to learn to
> see not what's INSIDE the box Me I'm putting it in writing right here that 
> I
> think its a full frame compact Leica.
> The Leica  X series has been put in a shadow by the Sony full frame compact
> NEX RX1. This is not a position Leica is going to let itself be in very 
> long.
> They are going to keep the X series a 1.5 crop and come up with a new 
> series
> for the full frame.
> Perhaps the Y series!
> Then we have Leica X Y chromosomes and coordinates both!
> 


In reply to: Message from hopsternew at gmail.com (Geoff Hopkinson) ([Leica] REASONS why leica is so slow with M)
Message from mark at rabinergroup.com (Mark Rabiner) ([Leica] REASONS why Leica is so slow with M)