Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/11/01

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Subject: [Leica] Petition for R10
From: grduprey at mchsi.com (grduprey at mchsi.com)
Date: Mon, 02 Nov 2009 05:40:46 +0000
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According to Leica, the X1 is made by them, and their design.


Gene  -------------- Original message from "Frank Filippone" <red735i at 
earthlink.net>: --------------


> The M9 already exists, I was referring to new camera product development.
> If I go back just a few months, then my recommended priority was  #1 FF M8,
> #2 a Digi FF SLR, #3 new optics to go with the DigiR.  Deep 6 the S2,
> continue with the rebranded products to bring in some short term profits.
> Followed by product tweaks.
> 
> R Bodies: Poor seller?  The R8, introduced in 1996, was one of the last 
> high
> end SLR Film cameras.  It was hideously behind in features compared to 
> Nikon
> and Canon.  But it did take R glass.  By 1999, the R8 and R9 was selling
> against the Digi-SLR rebellion ( Nikon D1 introduced in 1999).  The R9 was
> never going to be a big winner, when everyone was buying digital.  If it 
> had
> been a Digi camera, it might have been Leica's best seller!  Think of all
> the R fans out there that would beat down the doors to use their R glass
> with a Digi R and not gone Canon or Nikon..
> 
> I am already on record.. the S2 "stole" resources from the R10, and for 
> that
> reason alone it should have been cancelled.
> 
> Leica does not make the X1.  It is a financial strategy.  As it does not
> steal a large amount of resources from the R+D team, I am neutral on its
> existence.
> Anyone that does not like the X1 because of its features ( or whatever
> reason you wish to put here) is going out and buying a $13-20K of M9 stuff?
> I doubt they buyers are in the same camp.  2 different markets, with little
> to no overlap.
> 
> Frank Filippone
> red735i at earthlink.net
> 
> M9, M10? Cameras like the X1 that bridge the gap between P&S and the M
> range.
> 
> The R range has been a poor seller for a long time. Did Leica ever recover
> the development costs of the R8? I'm sure that if the S2 had been at the
> same level of development at the R10 when the recession started and/or the
> new CEO joined it too would have been canned.
> 
> Steve
> 
> 
> On 1/11/09 15:20, "Frank Filippone"  wrote:
> 
> > What other major development  can save their company?  The S2?  
> 
> 
> 
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In reply to: Message from red735i at earthlink.net (Frank Filippone) ([Leica] Petition for R10)
Message from lug at steveunsworth.co.uk (Steve Unsworth) ([Leica] Petition for R10)
Message from red735i at earthlink.net (Frank Filippone) ([Leica] Petition for R10)