Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/02/21

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Subject: [Leica] DMR dead end?
From: leica_korenman at hotmail.com (eric korenman)
Date: Mon Feb 21 09:07:57 2005

Where can you find a 1DS mkII refurb for under $4000???
Eric

>From: "B. D. Colen" <bdcolen@earthlink.net>
>Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug@leica-users.org>
>To: "'Leica Users Group'" <lug@leica-users.org>
>Subject: RE: [Leica] DMR dead end?
>Date: Mon, 21 Feb 2005 09:59:48 -0500
>
>More power to you, Frank - for your sake, I sure hope you've factored in
>Leica's poor track record when it comes to things electronic, and the
>fact that a Japanese buyer may drop this kludge faster than an EOS1
>DmkII can fire.. ;-)
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: lug-bounces+bdcolen=earthlink.net@leica-users.org
>[mailto:lug-bounces+bdcolen=earthlink.net@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of
>Frank Filippone
>Sent: Monday, February 21, 2005 9:41 AM
>To: Leica Users Group
>Subject: RE: [Leica] DMR dead end?
>
>
>BD:  I considered several ideas before I answered...
>
>The existing inventory of DMR backs that are finished or almost
>finished... Word from Germany in late December 2004 The financial
>condition of the company ... desperate..... The new emergence of a Leica
>Japan subsidiary... at a time when they are in financial straits.....and
>their knowledge of the Japanese's market. The consumer "drive" to buy
>perceived Leica Quality The ease of using existing lenses... no manual
>aperture stop down The type of Leica purchaser... well heeled amateur...
>The Firmware issue and updates The hardware repair issues It is not a
>dead end in the sense that it is a piece of consumer electronics, not a
>piece of mechanical fine engineering.
>
>I will stand by my previous comments.....
>The unstated catch?  Do I think it is smart or prudent to buy a DMR?
>That depends on the personal risk assessment of the buyer.
>
>Frank Filippone
>red735i@earthlink.net
>
>
>And after people pay more than 4K for it - or more than what a refurbed
>Canon EOS1D mkII autofocus CAMERA now goes for - if Leica soon goes
>under, where will the service and future firmware revisions come from?
>
>
>No.  They have  built a bunch of bodies, and are awaiting some firmware
>revisions to release the camera.  It will become available, eventually.
>Then the answer to the question .... How well does it take pictures? ..
>will be foremost.....
>
>
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