Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/05/31
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Pascal,
I like your thinking...but...
So then maybe we could have the collectors spending even bigger bucks on
older M stuff ("Germany" = $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$) , which would prevent it from
being accessible to the financially challenged. But the new stuff, even if
made in Taiwan, would probably not drop enough in price to be an
alternative. Oh, the woes of impoverishment.
How can we get Brand L stuff in the hands of young photographers at a
realistically affordable price? My students use Canon mechanical F1's (a
monster steal at today's relative prices - and the lens rings go the same
way as brand L)or Nikon F/F2's. When it comes to wide angles, reliability,
control, low-light focusability and silence, there really isn't much
alternative to brand L.
GuidoSxxxx, the iMpoverished
>From: Pascal <cyberdog@ibm.net>
>Reply-To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
>To: "Leica Users Group" <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>
>Subject: Re: [Leica] "demos"
>Date: Sat, 29 May 1999 19:48:38 +0200
>
>On 29-05-1999 19:26 Nathan Wajsman wrote:
>
> >At the end of the day we are better off with
> >a Leica owned by some other company and assembling its products in some
> >lower-cost location than Germany than with no Leica at all. I am firmly
> >convinced that both of these developments will happen within the next 5
> >years.
>
>Nathan:
>
>I must say you are right on the fact that every company should make a
>profit, if not they will simply vanish. But, it would be a very sad
>moment if Leica would outsource production and manufacturing to low-cost
>countries. A big part of the Leica mystique and brand-awareness (and
>Leica knows this very well) is the fact that most products are "made in
>Germany", which is a much coveted label (irrational or not). For many
>existing and potential Leica customers this would mean Leica is "just
>like the others" and consequently, part of the attraction would simply
>fade away...
>
>Pascal
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