Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/09/10
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In a message dated 9/10/99 10:35:30 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
cyberdog@ibm.net writes:
<< Some parts of the R6.2 can not be obtained anymore from their
manufacturer. This means that, eventually, Leica will not in a position
anymore to manufacture new R6.2 (apart from those they already have in
stock obviously, and from spare parts for repairs). >>
Where did you get this information? There's no such thing as "can not be
obtained anymore". As long as Leica owns the design rights all they have to
do is have the parts manufactured elsewhere or *shudder* make the parts
themselves. Furthermore it would be silly for Leica to use up the last of an
un-obtainable part making new R6.2's because then they wouldn't be able to
repair any that needed fixing. If what you say is in fact Leica's official
position ("that's their story and they're sticking to it") then what they're
really saying is they *won't* manufacture more R6.2's, not that they *can't*.
That would leave them with only the 5000 R8's they can't sell. Maybe
they'll do what Nikon, Olympus, Ricoh, Vivitar and Phoenix/Samyang have done:
have Cosina make them a version of their ubiquitous and generic manual SLR.
Considering the above versions sell for around $200, Leica would probably
sell theirs for $1000.