Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/09/13
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]It's not profit that is really impacting the upgrade market - it's the balance that a successful high-performance desk-top system represents. If you push the CPU speed higher then you start to be impacted by other parts of the system: bus speed, memory speed, I/O bandwidth -- these things are changed as the processors get faster because the needs of the processors themselves changes from generation to generation. I would think that having an upgradeable sensor designed into the system would make sense in a camera as expensive as the M8. But that requires the engineer having a pretty strong idea of what will be coming for the next several generations...a difficult situation. Adam On 9/13/06, e. nitka <enitka1@comcast.net> wrote: > The reason no manufacturer has done an upgradeable camera is because > there's no profit in that - that's why there are very few > manufactures of PC upgrades ( not talking HD or memory). To buy the > M8 in the hopes that Leica would be the first to retrofit cameras > would be the definition of an optimist. > > ernie > > At 12:58 PM 9/13/2006, you wrote: > >"...it's a piece of computer equipment with a lens attached and as > >such it will become outdated in the next 24-36 months." > > > >Not necessarily. Besides the arguments already presented, there's > >another factor to consider. Digital devices have the capability of > >being upgraded far more simply than mechanical ones. It's possible > >that the M8 may someday become an M9 (or an M8-2) by the simple > >expedient of a firmware update. An improved and enlarged sensor and > >supporting circuits may be able to be retrofitted at some point as > >well as long as the camera's chassis can accomodate the new > >electronic components. One may be able to get a "new" Leica every > >few years for the fraction of the cost of a whole new camera. > > > >Of course, no camera manufacturer to my knowledge has been forward > >thinking enough to make their devices upgradeable, but it's > >certainly possible and worth considering for the sake of customer > >retention. > > > >Craig > >Washington, DC > > > >_______________________________________________ > >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 >