Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/03/06
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Geoff Hopkinson wrote: >Philippe, the link does not work any more. I think that maybe your joke >wasn't acceptable for the gallery. > > Works ;-) http://gallery.lfi-online.com/gallery/displayimage.php?album=search&cat=0&pos=36 >I don't follow what you mean about the guarantee period being over for the >last R equipment being sold? > > When the guarantee period is over you no longer have to swap a faulty body for a fresh one - when that period is over, you can dump the leftovers and raise cash ( very little on today's film market BTW) >There is no suggestion that Leica is not supporting current R equipment with >service and parts. >I would guess that sales of NEW R9s and current lenses have been small or >non-existent for a while. > > Who would buy new when used won't go >Remember that this was a dealer bulletin, however it has become a defacto >announcement to the public as well by the way the net propagates these >things.. >All I read into Leica's announcement is that they have cleared their >inventory and they are still working on the R10 and its new lens system. > > Sure enough Geoff, first generation diesel ; won't start when cold, and overboil when hot :-[ >I think that this announcement is consistent with everything that Dr >Kaufmann and Maike Harbets have said publicly about the R10 >It will be AF, >there will be (some?) compatibility with the existing R lenses >They know that customers want 24x36 and 'will try to fulfil this wish' >S2 technology will form part of the R10 (esp. the maestro processor and the >AF system). > > The S2 is not even out - my great grand children will look like my grand children story ... >Just what form it will take is more speculative. My impression is that they >do not think that a 'me too' dSLR will be unique enough to compete directly >in a market full of excellent and cheaper Japanese dSLRs. >Just how they will make their entry attractive will be VERY interesting to >see > >Of course as you and others have indicated, customers are frustrated with >waiting and Leica are losing sales right now as some of those R folks who >have been patient for a long time are going to other brands and systems. >I just don't think that Leica has the money and capacity to develop and >introduce the new R system immediately when the S2 is yet to achieve serial >production. > > S2 is THE mistake, apart from that stupid bunderswerh M8 , and , and giving up the DMR thing Sorry if all this may sound very short and abrupt - I've been working like crazy on top of problems with my 82 y.o. father and trying to keep my kids afloat... No harm intended, at all Amiti?s, sinc?res. Philippe > >2009/3/6 Philippe AMARD <philippe.amard at tele2.fr> > > > >>I got the original message too. >>Well, they must have needed that cash badly. >>We may also conclude the guarantee period on the last R(s?) they sold is >>now out... which tells a lot about film camera sales over the past >>months/years. >>Cleaning the drawers before new management comes in also makes sense, in a >>way. >> >>The good news, for some, is that Leica is now a company totally committed >>to digital. >>The sad news is that it further excludes R users of their target >>population. >>I feel I'm more the latter, and will have to keep learning to do without >>Leica. >>Pity the whole experiment is sort of a 'way of the cross' ; I really had >>had fun with the R9.2 Diesel: >> >>http://gallery.lfi-online.com/gallery/displayimage.php?album=search&cat=0&pos=36< >>http://gallery.lfi-online.com/gallery/displayimage.php?album=search&cat=0&pos=36 >> >> >>Bien amicalement. >>Phili^^e >> >>-- >>Cheers >>Geoff >>'Pick up your Leica and make the best photo you can' >> >> >> > >_______________________________________________ >Leica Users Group. >See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > >