Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/08/04
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]George just from public Leica Camera comment They consistently sold 10,000 to 12,000 M bodies a year ever since the introduction of the M6. This included the M8 years (when presumably almost all production would have been M8's) They are now saying that they expect to make twice as many M9's as anticipated. DMR sales during their availability period were quoted as 20% of M8 sales. I guess that the reasons for stopped production are old news. I have never heard any S2 production figures and I wouldn't expect to as long as it is current and it has direct competitors of course. They never release production figures for any lens that is still current either. S2's are extremely rare here but then we are a market minnow naturally. I've only personally seen one or two examples (may have been the same camera) I shot with #00225 here just a couple of months ago. The first frame I shot with it was L1000001.DNG You can have fun interpolating from all of that if you like ;-) My personal view is that Leica Camera is very committed to the S2 as a flagship camera but the whole niche in which it lives is tiny for all manufacturers combined. There have been some market share expectations mentioned back when the camera was first announced. This post is supposed to be just the facts ma'am ;-) Cheers Geoff http://www.pbase.com/hoppyman On 5 August 2010 13:16, George Lottermoser <imagist3 at mac.com> wrote: > Geoff - I hear you and your boots on the ground reporting from the mouths > of those in control. > Loud and clear. > I don't "expect" an R10 - nor even "hope" for one - given what you and > others have reported > over the last years. > > Yet - conditions do change. > > Do you (or anyone else) know how many S2 bodies have been made and/or sold? > > Has the number yet exceeded the number of DMRs manufactured? > We may very well see the S2 system fail in the market place. > or > We may see it succeed and stimulate competition in its class. > > Regards, > George Lottermoser > george at imagist.com > http://www.imagist.com > http://www.imagist.com/blog > http://www.linkedin.com/in/imagist > > >