Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2014/03/07
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]In the case of his particular neckwear the Sony RX-1 http://static.trustedreviews.com/94/000024bb4/7fc2/DSC00200.jpg It does come across strongly as a premium product. Three grand is not a consumer price point for a camera with a lens that does not come off. Or even for one that does. Its drop dead gorgeous and will likely be adorning the necks of discerning well healed photographers and photo buffs of the "rich people" niche. In other words the same people would would be wearing an M... Who don't want an anvil hanging off their necks. >From a photo standpoint the lens itself is just plane awesome to behold and apparently even makes images as gorgeous as it is. In the near future other full frame compacts will not be positioned so high on the luxury scale.. And will probably be even more compact being similar at first in scale to the leica X line. . But they still will be full frame cameras way smaller and lighter than the current M and though not looking like the choice neck candy the Sony Rx is will still be of great interest in this very Leica like idea. And two grand is also a lot of money. On 3/7/14 4:30 PM, "Geoff Hopkinson" <hopsternew at gmail.com> wrote: > I don't believe so Aram. They are just not in the same section of the > market. Sony are a huge company with great resources but they are losing > large amounts of money overall currently. Leica Camera is a medium size > enterprise selling niche products at premium prices and doing better than > they have for years. People buy Leica for all sorts of reasons, lower > prices to compete with Sony or Olympus or Fujifilm isn't one of them ;-) . > It is just not only about price. In some respects to is because of the > premium prices. > > The Monochrom and M maybe compete as well as cross pollinate and the S is > operating in even more rarefied air. What we do know is that they have a > new AF system coming and Its said to be at a lower price point (and quite > different from) the M system. The CEO indicated that its likely to be APSC. > Let's see what emerges. There will be plenty of comment on the wisdom or > otherwise of their decisions and much gnashing of teeth when it is not a > shrunken cheaper M, I'm sure! > > > Cheers > Geoff > http://www.pbase.com/hoppyman > > > On 8 March 2014 02:10, Aram Langhans <leica_r8 at hotmail.com> wrote: > >> But if they don't compete with Sony, isn't Sony stealing sales anyway? >> Isn't it better to steal from your own sales rather than have some other >> company do it for you? >> At least that way you still earn the money? >> >> Aram >> >> >> On Thu, Mar 6, 2014 at 10:54 PM, Mark Rabiner <mark at rabinergroup.com> >>> wrote: >>> >>> Leica may not as you say Geoff compete with the Sony as it will be >>>> stealing >>>> sales from its M line. And a full frame compact more the size of a >>>> Barnack >>>> than a metal munching M5 is going to make final images which would >>>> compete >>>> with it. >>>> >>> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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 -- Mark William Rabiner Photographer http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/lugalrabs/