Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/12/06
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]But Frank there _still_ is no sensor technology available suitable for a FF rangefinder. R10 soon I hope, but a FF rangefinder requires new technology which, if it turns out to be expensive, will probably never be developed since the market for it would be tiny and I suspect even Leica customers may find $500,000 per unit to cover R&D a bit steep. Let us hope there is a new sensor developed for a high volume application which just happens to be suitable for use with rangefinder lenses - then we will be OK. On 6 Dec, 2008, at 15:28, Frank Filippone wrote: > But only 1 vote counts... Herr Kaufmann. > > Now we will see how committed he is to Leica...... and the market > for $7-10K > lenses, the S2, and his present schedule for the R10 and M9. > > Want to make a profit? Release and ship the R10 and M9 quickly, and > they > both have FF sensors. > > There, all my consulting fees are now waived for this bit of > Management > Consulting. I bet A-A or D-T would not be that generous. > > Frank Filippone > red735i@earthlink.net > > > > - they expect that the sales of new products etc. will result in a > small profit in 2009/10 > > So not entirely hopeless if the corporate PR is to be believed. > Nathan > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information