Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2014/04/07
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]They decided to compete with Hasselblad and Phaseone Frank. It is a tiny tiny market yes. Leica's prices there are broadly comparable in fact, they offer something significantly different and they have increased their market share. The R10 body was to have been in the order of twice the price of the pro Canon and Nikon bodies. Now that the medium format sensors are evolving I think that tiny market will be even more interesting. Having been fortunate to shoot an S side by side with my M I promise you that there is a big difference cheers Geoff > On 8 Apr 2014, at 9:24 am, "Frank Filippone" <red735i at verizon.net> > wrote: > > And so they decided not to compete with the Japanese DSLRs, instead to > compete with the Japanese MF-DSLRs.... A smaller market with entrenched > users, Leica at much higher prices than the competition, and with the 35mm > DSLR's adding capability, more MP and significantly lower prices than the > MF-DSLR. > > I do not see a big difference,,,, but then I do not work at Leica. > > I always believed the S product family was a competitive/commercial > mistake.... > > Frank Filippone > Red735i at verizon.net > > > While Leica Camera wanted to provide a vehicle for the existing R lenses > their analysis was that those people on their own were just not a > sufficient > market to make the new camera a commercial success. They elected of course > to proceed with their 'middle format' S system instead. The R10 at a much > higher price would have had to compete directly with the Japanese designs > which dominate the market. At the same time the M9 was in development in > house and concurrent with the S system design and their resources were > stretched. As it turned out the M9 was more successful than was anticipated > and while the S2 camera got to market the (CS) lenses for it were delayed. > > > Cheers > Geoff > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information