Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/04/09

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Subject: RE: [Leica] Leica Evangelist gone ????
From: "B. D. Colen" <bdcolen@earthlink.net>
Date: Tue, 9 Apr 2002 14:09:31 -0400

Sadly, Henry, Leica would rather coat an M6 ttl .58 in black enamel and sell
it as a "special edition" to collectors, than it would seriously attempt to
cultivate and hook the next generation of photographers.


- -----Original Message-----
From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
[mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us]On Behalf Of Henry Ting
Sent: Tuesday, April 09, 2002 2:09 PM
To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
Subject: [Leica] Leica Evangelist gone ????



Leica need to do more. If they have a similar program
like Apple Computers, they would keep the Leica torch
going for the next 10/20 years down the road. Just
like Apple, people thought it would be extinct 5 years
ago, and yet the soul of Steve Jobs, in contrast with
Ernst Leitz is still kicking. Now Apple might not be a
mainstream PC, but it sure have a lot of Apple
Evangelist filling a niche that refuse to accept any
"Window" plateform.

- --- "Robert G. Stevens" <robsteve@hfx.andara.com>
wrote:
>
> Leica in Canada had offered a deal to the Nova
> Scotia College of Art and
> Design during the 1980's.  They sold them about a
> dozen R4 and some 35mm,
> 50mm, and 90mm lenses at a very cheap prices.  At
> this school, they have an
> equipment loaner pool and that is where these
> cameras were used.  I came
> across them a couple of years ago when the school
> started selling them all
> off.  They told me that they really hadn't been used
> much in the past few
> years and that the students preferred to uses their
> own cameras if possible.
>
> Regards,
>
> Robert
>
> At 08:56 AM 4/9/2002 -0400, B. D. Colen wrote:
> >That WAS nice - for German students. Of course I
> wonder where the majority
> >of Leica sales are, and how many photo students
> there are in, say, the U.S.,
> >compared to Germany. I have on a number of
> occasions suggest - on this
> >list - that one way for Leica to make real
> increases in its user base would
> >be for it to offer all students registered
> full-time in photo programs -
> >under grad or graduate - one M body and either a 35
> or 50 Summicron at COST.
> >Such a program wouldn't cost Leica a dime, but
> would hook hundreds of young
> >people, most of whom now think Leicas are 'those
> neat hold cameras the old
> >guys used to use.'  Of course given the explosion
> in digital, it may well be
> >too late for such a program to do any real good,
> but what else is new when
> >it comes to Leica and marketing? ;-)
> >
> >B. D.
> >
> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
> >[mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us]On
> Behalf Of Michiel
> >Fokkema
> >Sent: Tuesday, April 09, 2002 4:19 AM
> >To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
> >Subject: Re: [Leica] Has Leica ever offered a
> student discount program?
> >
> >
> >Yes,
> >
> >Leica had a student program which ended 31 march
> this year. For German
> >photography students there was a 30% discount.
> >
> >Best regards,
> >
> >                 Michiel Fokkema
> >
>
>http://www.leica-camera.com/produkte/rsystem/student/index.html
> >
> >
> >Matthew Powell wrote:
> > >
> > > I've found that most of the medium-format
> companies offer a student
> >discount
> > > program - most about 50% off list, give or take.
> A Hasselblad
> >501CM/80mm/A12
> > > for around $2000 (more than used, but $1000 less
> than B&H), for one. I've
> > > heard the Bronica deal is even better, but
> Tamron's site is down on my
> >end.
> > >
> > > Has Leica ever offered a similar program, or
> does it have any plans to? It
> > > would certainly make an M6/M7 much more
> attractive to students (read: me)
> >at
> > > prices closer to an F100/Hexar RF.
> > >
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