Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2015/08/04

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Subject: [Leica] New Leica Rumor
From: jsmith342 at gmail.com (Jeffery Smith)
Date: Tue, 4 Aug 2015 12:21:51 -0500
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I assume that they realize their fan base is a bunch of old people who know 
what a fountain pen is. If they are going to attract any new Leica fans, 
they need to aim at the younger auto-everything crowd (many of whom think 
their iPhone camera is pretty darned good).


> On Aug 4, 2015, at 11:32 AM, Nathan Wajsman <nwajsman at gmail.com> wrote:
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> Well, with the current pricing of Leica gear I do not foresee buying 
> another new Leica camera or lens, ever. But of course new models mean that 
> interesting stuff could become available on the second hand market.
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> Cheers,
> Nathan
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> Nathan Wajsman
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>> On 04 Aug 2015, at 18:25, Jayanand Govindaraj <jayanand at gmail.com> 
>> wrote:
>> 
>> They should have done this eons ago.
>> 
>> I like this if it happens, they will get at least one exile thinking
>> seriously about buying Leica again! I really was waiting for AF
>> 
>> Cheers
>> Jayanand
>> 
>> On Tue, Aug 4, 2015 at 8:56 PM, Sonny Carter <sonc.hegr at gmail.com> 
>> wrote:
>> 
>>> http://cameratimes.org/leica-will-announce-new-camera-system-september/
>>> 
>>> 
>>> --
>>> Regards,
>>> 
>>> Sonny
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Replies: Reply from zoeica at mac.com (chris williams) ([Leica] New Leica Rumor)
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