Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2011/05/18
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]all of the leia s3 shutter leaf lenses are late , very late On Wed, May 18, 2011 at 6:36 AM, Frank Filippone <red735i at earthlink.net>wrote: > To me, the niche they picked is untested waters for them, in a field > already > established with large brands, existing solutions at half ( third?) the > price that are getting more pixels, more low noise, more features at a 6 > month rate.... > > Leica was never good at turning R+D quickly. Their S2 competitors are. > Their customers expect it. Terrible solution to be in. > > Are they sold out? Sure/maybe as we have no idea if the things were > available, if there would be demand to get them, LONG TERM. You are still > seeing pent up demand. > > Comparisons to the M5 are missing the point that the M5 used ALL the Leica > lenses that users had already. It was an alternative body, not an > alternative system. It was a 1 trick pony. The M5 is generally considered > a marketing failure. > > Will it outsell ( in dollars) an M5 or the R line? Maybe at up to 100 > times > the unit price it should. It may have already. Is the criteria for > success > the relative sales compared to a failure? > > It is not technical quality that will win or even make the product viable. > It is users spending on it that will. What influences those customers is > technical quality, features, cost, service, rental ability ( pros only), > competitive product, existing product in their closets, and the ability to > say... I bought this REALLY expensive piece of jewelry. > > Time will tell, and my crystal ball says the S2 won't be around long. > > I will say it again... they should have bought someone else's body, thrown > on a Leica Mount and made glass for it. Or just go make AF glass for the N > or C of the world. > > They didn't, they won't. > > Frank Filippone > Red735i at earthlink.net > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > -- ------------------------------------- regards, mehrdad