Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/01/12
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Fine. If you think there are enough buyers for their products, then I have nothing more to say. Cheers Jayanand On 1/13/07, John Collier <jbcollier@shaw.ca> wrote: > > Leica cannot compete with Nikon and Canon period. If they try to, > they are doomed period. > > Quite a few photographers prefer a good quality rangefinder over an > SLR. I know I do. > > Leica makes a good quality film rangefinder and their only hope of > survival is to make a good quality digital one. > > Whether the M8 is that I cannot say. > > I have bought a fair amount of Leica equipment new and I do not > believe I am alone on this list, or in the world for that matter in > doing so. > > John Collier > > > On 12-Jan-07, at 7:22 PM, Jayanand Govindaraj wrote: > > > I think that you miss the point that there are not many of that > > species > > around, at least, not enough to fill Leica's coffers. Even Tina and > > Harrison > > agree that they would use a M8 in addition to their SLRs, and not > > replace > > them. Stop looking at it from your narrow point of view, and look > > at it from > > Leica's point of view. Selling a couple of dozen M8 cameras to > > members of > > this list will not make much difference in their fortunes. They > > have to go > > for a broader market, and hence the strategy to make this an iconic, > > fashionable buy. They really have no choice at the price point the > > M8 is at > > and have to get at least one good year of sales out of the M8 to > > shore up > > their net worth for the future. All of us buy so much of our Leica > > gear > > second hand, that I think that is the only route to take to entice new > > buyers. Buying second hand is good for us, but bad for Leica. My > > guess is > > that, barring a miracle, Leica will inevitably end up in a few > > years as > > third party lens manufacturers - rather as Zeiss is doing now, or some > > Japanese giant will take them over. > > Cheers > > Jayanand > > > > > > On 1/13/07, Steve Unsworth <lug@steveunsworth.co.uk> wrote: > >> > >> Thank you for saying that George, it's a point many people seem to > >> miss. > >> > >> On 12/1/07 18:00, "Lottermoser George" <imagist3@mac.com> wrote: > >> > >> > If a photographer wishes to work with a digital range finder camera > >> > the D200 and/or 5D obviously do not fit in their decision. > >> > > >> > > >> > On Jan 11, 2007, at 9:46 PM, Jayanand Govindaraj wrote: > >> > > >> >> I do not > >> >> think that many photographers will spend US$5000 on the M8 when a > >> >> D200 or a > >> >> 5D are available at the price they are. > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >