Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/06/28

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Subject: RE: [Leica] Leica earnings report-comments
From: "B. D. Colen" <bdcolen@earthlink.net>
Date: Wed, 28 Jun 2000 12:39:17 -0400

All well and good, except for the fact that anyone laying out that kind of
cash for a do-it-your-self camera is going to want to know why it's work so
much money compared to a top quality idiot-proof camera...


> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
> [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us]On Behalf Of Jeff S
> Sent: Wednesday, June 28, 2000 12:23 PM
> To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
> Subject: Re: [Leica] Leica earnings report-comments
>
>
> I believe that logistics are where Leica has had problems in the past
> (R8 motor drive).
>
> I just got the R8 "Quintessence of Photography" brochure, and it looks
> like the image-marketing started with the M6 Che brochure continues and
> I'd say that baby boomers are squarely targeted. Theme: "Soul" of the
> machine. It's very skimpy on actual R-system details, focusing on "The
> beautiful things in life" rather than gearhead-pleasing factoids.
>
> Jeff Segawa
>
> no archive
>
> tm wrote:
> >
> > Meanwhile, Ralf Coenen, former head of the Photo and Film
> Lenses Business
> > Division at the Carl Zeiss Group, has been appointed to head up Leica's
> > engineering and logistics.
>

Replies: Reply from Jeff S <4season@boulder.net> (Re: [Leica] Leica earnings report-comments)