Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/12/06
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Yes indeed - I'm not really in the market for an M8 or an M8.2, but an R10 is a completely different matter. When it comes out, my collection of older Leica SLRs may very well shrink considerably. :-) Cheers Douglas wildlightphoto@earthlink.net wrote: > Douglas Sharp wrote: > > >> Morning all, >> >> Get out and buy M8s and lots of lenses!! :-) >> >> The local paper here in Hannover reports that Leica is running at a loss >> again. >> >> After moderate profits last year, the company made a net loss of 7.2 >> milliion euros in the first half of the financial year 2008/2009 (in the >> same period of the previous year, they made a net profit of 6.5 million). >> >> Total revenues fell in the same period by more than 40 MEUR to 52 MEUR. >> >> A company spokesman reported that the figures are due to falling sales >> and development investments. >> >> > > Considering the development cost of the S2 (which will reduce R10 > development cost), no sales revenue from it yet, and the overall > re-invention of the company, a loss is neither surprising not necessarily > bad news. Bad news will be poor sales of the S2 and/or R10. > > Doug Herr > Birdman of Sacramento > http://www.wildlightphoto.com > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > >