Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/10/08

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Subject: [Leica] An American Yankee in Herr Leitz' Court
From: dstella1 at ameritech.net (Dante Stella)
Date: Sun Oct 8 13:18:04 2006
References: <200610052352.k95NpjYx020496@server1.waverley.reid.org> <4526E1B1.7050706@concentric.net> <45276902.9060605@nathanfoto.com> <8A821305-130A-4C81-8594-2B855287A5C5@shaw.ca> <45281A5D.5060503@nathanfoto.com> <4529412C.5040305@summaventures.com> <EA8BCCB8-81B4-4DF1-9C92-BEEBEEA8726F@cox.net> <6.2.5.6.2.20061008203645.02c5cec8@screengang.com>

Is the pricing model for the M8 based on the inelasticity of demand  
among a few hardcore M users?

On Oct 8, 2006, at 2:50 PM, Didier Ludwig wrote:

> That's what all lifestyle product manufacturers say. But I doubt  
> that the strongly consumption-oriented "iPod generation" (I believe  
> this is just another marketing term for what we used to call "young  
> people") buys a $4.5k manual camera, without lens. Leica has to  
> find it's own new M generation, and 'iPod' might be the wrong key  
> for that plan. I'd focus on nPJ ("new photojournalism"), yAA  
> ("young advanced amateurs") and of course yLaD ("young lawyers and  
> dentists").
> :-)
> Didier
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>> Steven Lee says he wants to reach to the iPod generation.
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