Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1996/08/17
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At 05:04 PM 8/16/96 +0000, you wrote: >That's all I've heard, also, Ken. I can't even confirm the >announcement date as Photokina 1996, something that seems to be >certain according to Eric. >From what I've heard (directly form the editor of one of the top three photo mags out there who asked to remain anonymous) it's coming this Photokina. I should probably pull my punches and say probably, and so I will. I will not stake my reputation. Shoot, mabye even Leica doesn't know yet. Nah...they know. >I strongly suspect that it will, indeed, replace the R7. Leica is >loathe to announce this, I'm sure, since it would cut the legs right How else can we explain the price of the R7 dropping nearly $1000? They don't want a repeat of the R3 and R4 situation where "new" cameras were hanging around years after they were discontinued. I'll bet there are still new R3s out there, not hidden in some collector's safe. Intel has learned that lesson. They bought up a bunch of ram last winter, hoping to cash in on the expansion of Win95 and NT. Oops, the price on RAM dropped precipitously and they're stuck with millions worth of cheap ram they paid more for. Leica, I'm sure is trying to avoid that problem, as you say. Disclaimer: this is speculation. ================== Eric Welch Grants Pass Daily Courier NPPA Region 11 JIB Chair