Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/10/26

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Subject: [Leica] M8 and the Future
From: Frank.Dernie at btinternet.com (Frank Dernie)
Date: Thu Oct 26 00:11:34 2006
References: <c4b.629c076.3270021c@aol.com> <22c93b290610241841k2d1d1d24xa9ce1a9482b3ccc4@mail.gmail.com> <9376F541-A7F5-4BEF-ACB3-5965B7AD3523@steveunsworth.co.uk> <22c93b290610251447k3dfb4b0fgec061c3e0f52bbaa@mail.gmail.com>

I read that Canon sold 250,000 EOS 350D per month. That is more than  
the total Leica M3 production, the highest published production model  
Leica ever. Canon can amortise the development cost over tens of  
thousands more units. They will always be cheaper.
Frank
On 25 Oct, 2006, at 22:47, Matt Powell wrote:

> Even in the M6 days, you were party of a tiny minority, right? 1 Leica
> sold for every 100 good Canon bodies.


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