Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/10/04
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]>snippet< > was a conscious decision to discontinue the SP line because Nikon DECIDED > that RF cameras were dead. IMHO, It had nothing to do with a niche > strategy.....it had to do with some high up Nikon dude deciding that this > was the direction of the future, and if you discontinue all the other > cameras, then you are right: It is the direction of the future. So the RF > line went kaput. > > Simplistic? maybe. Right ? we may never know. > > Frank Filippone > red735i@earthlink.net > > It was an interesting decision on their part to devote their whole factory to the new Nikon F phenomenon. The factory was only so big. Not as huge as some might think. They could have tried to still make some rangefinders but they had to get a jump on the phenomenon they had just created before someone else did. Mark Rabiner Photography Portland Oregon http://rabinergroup.com/