Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/08/20

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Subject: Re: [Leica] the very last...
From: Nathan Wajsman <wajsman@webshuttle.ch>
Date: Mon, 21 Aug 2000 07:17:25 +0200
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Aurelien,

Leica is a business. It is under new management, which understands that a
business will only survive if it is profitable. Their decisions regarding
products will be based on whether the product is selling in sufficient
quantities to justify continuing production. Or rather, I should say, whether
the product can be sold at a price which will cover the incremental cost of
continuing production and yield a profit. This is true for the R6.2, R8 as
well as the M6 models. Keep in mind that this incremental cost is not that
high at this point: the development cost is a sunk cost at this point, as is
the cost of acquiring the tooling etc. So we are talking mainly about
materials and labour cost plus of course a share of corporate overhead and a
profit margin. The main cost is labour; and Leica has to evaluate whether the
people currently engaged in R production can be better used in other parts of
the business.

Nathan

Aurelien Barrau wrote:

>         I am wondering something: do you think the R6.2 is the very last
> mechanical R-camera made by Leica? I have the feeling that any new
> development will be based on the R8. Do you think this camera will remain
> in production for ever (or nearly so...!) ?
>
>         Sorry for my poor english and best regards,
>
>         Aurelien
>
> ----------------------------------------------
> Aurelien BARRAU
> Groupe d'astrophysique des particules (AMS)
> INSTITUT DES SCIENCES NUCLEAIRES (CNRS/UJF)
> 53 avenue des Martyrs, F-38026 Grenoble cedex
> tel:(+33)4 76 28 41 79, fax:(+33)4 76 28 40 04
> e-mail: Aurelien.Barrau@cern.ch
> ----------------------------------------------

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