Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/12/19
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]If Leica couldn't find an overwhelming sympathetic audience in the LUG, it is unlikely to do so in the general camera using population. Leica's plight is similar. on a much smaller scale, to that of the U.S. auto industry. Their best bet might be to ask for a bailout or bridge loan from the German government and, if they can't return to profitability within six months, file for bankruptcy. Their best strategy might be to sell the Leica name, patents, and manufacturing rights to one of the Japanese camera giants. The precedent has been set by Contax, Voightlander, and scores of others. Then perhaps we might have affordable Leica cameras, although a bit plasticky. Larry Z