[Leica] Another R option (now M9)

[hopsternew at gmail.com (Geoff Hopkinson)]

Because Leica Camera's customers have bought more than twice as many
Summiluxes as Summarits when given the choice.
Because, even if it could be designed and produced for less, a lower cost
body might cannabilise sales of the M9 which has sold at least twice as well
as expected and taxed production capacity since it was introduced anyway.
Why would they want to divert some of that capacity? The mount is freely
usable for any manufacturer if they thought that they could or should
compete in the niche as well.

A used M8 is the suggested alternate entry .
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Cheers
Geoff

*Life's not black and white, except at both ends*
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> On Tue, Jun 14, 2011 at 7:03 PM, Frank Filippone <red735i at earthlink.net
> >wrote:
>
> > It's not about offering an M9 for $1, it's about offering an ALTERNATIVE
> to
> > the M9 at a lower price point.  Leica offers the Summarit lenses at an
> > intro
> > point, why not a body?
> >
> > Frank Filippone
> > Red735i at earthlink.net
> >
> >
>
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