Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/06/29
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]something that occurs to me, in this debate, is that unless you are actually buying new glass and/or new bodies from leica your opinions about what is cool, or not, about leica's gear is kind of moot in terms of leica's future success. in a sense, it is a testament to their lack of development that the thriving secondhand market in their equipment exists. they are confounded by their historical success ? i jokingly pointed out that senority on this list might be better served by a "$$$s spent / days since spending" formula. if you think about that for more than a brief moment i think you'll see one of leica's problems and how that problem manifests itself on this list. unless leica can develop photographic equipment that keeps people buying new products, whether those people are existing or new users, leica will be out of business. all their gear will become "future collectible"..... mark