Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/02/18
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]right count me in ----- Original Message ----- From: "B. D. Colen" <bdcolen@earthlink.net> To: "'Leica Users Group'" <lug@leica-users.org> Sent: Friday, February 18, 2005 9:44 PM Subject: RE: [Leica] Leica: DMR will come, but R&D pushed way back >A thought for today - > Would you buy a complicated, very expensive, unique computer from a > company that was circling the drain? > Would you buy a car that incorporated a unique technology from a company > circling the drain? > > Then why would anyone pay a minimum of $4K - the price before the dollar > went south - for a digital back for a manual SLR from a company circling > the drain? > > Rather than saving Leica at this point, the Digiback could well be the > nail in its coffin - because with the company in the shape it's in, no > one but the most cash saturated fanatic is going to take that kind of > risk - particularly given Leica's not-too-terrific track record when it > comes to electronics. > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: lug-bounces+bdcolen=earthlink.net@leica-users.org > [mailto:lug-bounces+bdcolen=earthlink.net@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of > Bill Smith > Sent: Friday, February 18, 2005 7:46 AM > To: Leica Users Group > Subject: Re: [Leica] Leica: DMR will come, but R&D pushed way back > > > My two cents worth is Leica is kinda' like IBM was--led the world then > almost dead due to arrogance/ failure to keep up w/ changing technology. > I guess we'll see--it's too bad. > > Didier Ludwig <rangefinder@screengang.com> wrote:From a well informed > person, that does not want to be quoted on the LUG, I > have received an email saying that dued to Solms' terrible financial > performance > > - There is no new Leica Digilux camera coming in the near future > - R&D for everything digital is pushed way back > - But the DMR is supposed to come on time. > > That's all I could get. > Didier > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around > http://mail.yahoo.com > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information