Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/11/17
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]No, Doug, no more basis than that which every one here applies to every thing Leica may do at some point in the future. That and the fact that Nikon will not be thinking in terms of 1000 units, and they are smart enough marketers to know that there will not be any real market for a back that is not truly swappable. ;-) -----Original Message----- From: lug-bounces+bdcolen=earthlink.net@leica-users.org [mailto:lug-bounces+bdcolen=earthlink.net@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of Douglas Herr Sent: Wednesday, November 17, 2004 7:19 PM To: Leica Users Group Subject: RE: [Leica] Re: Nikon's profits tripled "B. D. Colen" <bdcolen@earthlink.net> wrote: > Except that Leica's $7K? digital back is not intended to be swapped on > a regular basis, according to a post here recently. ... Nikon's, I > would guess, will be truly swappable - IF they produce one. B.D., the DMR - Leica's digital back - is about $5,000, not $7,000. And why are you guessing the hypothetical Nikon digital back will be truly swappable? Is there any basis for this guess? Doug Herr Birdman of Sacramento http://www.wildlightphoto.com _______________________________________________ Leica Users Group. See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information