Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/01/02

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Subject: [Leica] Japanese paper reports Canon to take over Leica
From: bruce at ralgo.nl (bruce)
Date: Mon Jan 2 09:08:37 2006
References: <NEBBJDFBIKOBILIKPPBNAEBMDGAB.red735i@earthlink.net>

If you own one of the major ball-players in a market, then the  
addition of one of the others to your product stake can only give you  
a bigger market share. So why would you want to kill it? You'd  
keeping it going as competition ................. and reap the  
rewards from both parties!

B.

On 1-jan-2006, at 9:43, Frank Filippone wrote:

> I am not sure what point you are making... Hasselblad's new owners  
> did kill
> off the V line ( Classic 500 Series).  The only thing still left is  
> the H
> line, and that will go film only as an aside.  Digital is where the  
> line is
> going.
>
> Yes, you can buy whatever they have in stock.  After that is gone,  
> there is
> no more.
>
> If Canon buys Leica, and we do not know anything for sure as yet,  
> then the R
> series is dead.  Maybe the M series ( film) as well, but that  
> remains to be
> seen.
>
> Doug Sharp's comments about the various patents is probably  
> correct..... The
> patents are worth more than sales of a few measly tens of thousands of
> cameras a year, at almost any price.  IN fact, the purchase of the  
> company
> is probably cheaper than the cost of licensing some specific patent  
> to use
> on 30,000 cameras a month.
>
> Frank Filippone
> red735i@earthlink.net
>
>
> Last, Hasselblad is a decent example that new ownership will not  
> kill off
> the film cameras.  Film bodies were available until sales rates  
> were in the
> low single digits.  Heck, if you really wanted a film Hasselblad I  
> bet you
> could get anything in the line.
>
>
>
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