Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1996/03/29

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To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
Subject: Re: Leica longevity, Leica's future
From: "joe b." <joe@azurite.demon.co.uk>
Date: Fri, 29 Mar 1996 20:43:51 +0000

In message <199603291327.IAA09207@gold.interlog.com>, Michael Reichmann
<michaelr@interlog.com> writes
>One need only look at the used equipment shelves of major photo dealers
>around the world to see what equipment is available -- 10, 20, 30, 40 or
>more years old.  Not collector's items per se, but simply usable cameras.
>
>What does one see more than anything else?

>Right! <g>
>
>Now compare this to the percentage of the total camera market that Leica
>represents.
>
>Enough said.

I'm sorry, you've lost me now. I am well aware that Leica makes a small
fraction of cameras and lenses that are made by the Japanese companies
that mass-produce them; I think probably everybody on this email group
knows that. I have no personal insecurity about that; there will always
be companies that cater for the top end of the market. What I don't
understand is- what point you are trying to make.
-- 
joe b.

In reply to: Message from Michael Reichmann <michaelr@interlog.com> (Re: Leica longevity, Leica's future)