Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/07/11
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In that case, I'm one of the 6 people that don't use AF or Digital...
Gene
"bdcolen"
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owner-leica-users@mejac.palo Subject: RE: [Leica] Full circle with Nikons NOW BD's Leica SLR list
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07/11/2003 08:18 AM
Please respond to
leica-users
I am ROF choking on my coffee over the anal-compulsive, reverse
telescopic vision of some on this list - My comment about the "six"
folks in the market for mechanical SLRS was , in fact, a defense of the
Nikon F3. What I said was that the reason the F3 is still sitting in
warehouses is the same reason that the R8 an R9 have done so poorly -
didn't Leica R sales drop 18percent last year, following a drop the year
before that? And I said that the reason was a general lack of interest
in all mechanical SLRS, as people fall all over themselves to buy the
most automatic whatever available.
I did NOT in that post attack the R line. I did not attack anyone for
wanting a mechanical SLR. I simply pointed out WHY mechanical SLRS sell
poorly at this time.
What what we have as a thread that won't die is R users signing up to
prove that more than six people use Rs...:-)
B. D.
(shaking head in bewilderment.)
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From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
[mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us] On Behalf Of langhans
Sent: Thursday, July 10, 2003 11:46 PM
To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
Subject: RE: [Leica] Full circle with Nikons NOW BD's Leica SLR list
Wait a gosh darn minute here. Something got messed up. Aaron, Richard,
Jerry??? We are trying to find the 6 Leica SLR users "in the market for
a solid, reliable, manual focus SLR ", NOT the Nikon F3 users.
So far it is:
Me
Doug
Don
George
Gene with a motor drive. (I just have a winder so I only count 1.5.)
And as BD himself mentioned, Ted and Sal and possibly digital Tina.
Wait a minuite. That's SEVEN if my arithmatic is correct. We exceed
your expectations.
Any more?
Aram
> Date: Thu, 10 Jul 2003 09:13:39 -0400
> From: "bdcolen" <bdcolen@earthlink.net>
> Subject: RE: [Leica] Full circle with Nikons
> Message-ID: <001c01c346e5$1449c5a0$0316fea9@ccasony01>
> References:
>
> The reason Nikon still has F3's for sale is the same reason that the R
> line has been a financial dog for Leica - there are only about six
> people out there these days in the market for a solid, reliable,
> manual focus SLR any more. The F3 was and is a terrific camera - but
> it came out at the wrong time in the evolution of Autofocus and auto
> everything.
>
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