Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/09/14
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]For the first time in a while, I think Leica listened, and got it right ( subject to actual user inputs and their repsonse.) I think they will make it......financially. even I bought a M8, which while not state of the art M9, at least made them a buck.... New cameras are the entry point to new lenses, which is where they make real money... The M9 looks right, the S2 maybe not, and the R10 would be a real winner.... Frank F >Leica Camera AG right now is completely committed to the new M and the S2. >The M8 is discontinued all together. Leica considers that used M8's are the >entry path for new customers into M photography (plus a trickle of M7/MP's >into the Asian market).The lens ranges obviously for M especially and S >totally will thrive or fail on the viability of those bodies. Clearly the >company's fortunes will be affected by both. >