[Leica] Re: saving leica

[Summicron1 at aol.com (Summicron1@aol.com)]

no, the REAL problem is not enough leica users, it is enough leica users who 
are buying new stuff.

The problem is, there are WAY too many leica users like me, with an M2 an 
M3, 
a CL and an R3, all of which work very nicely, thank you, with normal 
service. They will continue to work long after the factory is dead and gone. 
hell, 
last thing I bought new from them was the R3 and that was damn near 25 years 
ago. 

So, you want to know why leica is going poorly, blame me, dedicated Leica 
user.

c trentelman
In a message dated 2/18/05 9:14:23 PM, lug-request@leica-users.org writes:


> Just because certain folks are well-heeled doesn't mean that they're Leica
> camera buyers. People who appreciate fine photographic equipment are Leica
> consumers, and they come in all income levels. The problem is that there 
> just
> aren't enough such connoisseurs and au courant people around to create a 
> large
> market for Leica products. Sure, the number of consumers have increased to 
> global
> proportions, but so have the number of camera models. And a number of these
> models have come up very close to Leica in quality, if we just consider 
> Nikon
> and Canon and Olympus. Besides, photography has become demystified by 
> technology
> that does almost all the work.
>