Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/02/27
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Stephen Gandy writes: (with snips) | the R8 measures up nicely against the F3, a manual focus camera introduced | in 1980. | | Leica was foolish to invest so much money in a manual focus camera, the R8 | died in the market place, much like the M5. | | look at the Leica quarterly statements, R sales are in serious trouble. | | this is not to say it is not a fine, even a great camera. the problem is | that it is a total sales dud. R8 sales might be in serious trouble...but the point is that Leica is a system...not an individual camera body. To say it was foolish to invest the money in the manual focus camera (R8) is to deny the system approach to camera design. I guess it all depends on what you think is an improvement in camera design. I guess it is best said that Leica is looking at a niche market...rather than the general consumer market. Regards, Bill Larsen - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html