Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/01/12
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Yes, BD, I agree to some degree. However my real point is that the major market for the Summarits is us cheapskates that buy used. In my case, I have bought 1 new Leica lens and 1 new Leica body. My stable is larger, all bought used. If the Summarits had been out at the same time, and I could buy a new lens for the price of a used one, I certainly would have gone that route. In some previous statement by the President of Leica USA or the CEO of Leica Germany, the guy said that the sale of used equipment is 4 times the new products sale. I think he wants a piece of that market segment. I know I would like to dip into it, especially if it means survival. I think the reason for the Summarits Is to get some of us cheapskates to buy a new lens that supports the factory rather than a used one that does not. Frank Filippone red735i@earthlink.net Interesting, Frank. But if I may suggest you're off on one point - the fact that someone is willing to plunk down the $5400 for the body does not mean they have thousands more for lenses. They may well have scrimped, saved, and sold their other equipment to get that body. Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry Personally, I think that the Summarits are competing not with new Summicrons, but used ones.... after all, a person that has $5400 to plunk down on a M8 body has a few thousand more to get top notch lenses. It is us cheapskates ( PC term.. financially challenged) that buy used that they are trying to reel in.