Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/03/31
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On Mar 31, 2012 at 05:36 PM +0100, FRANK DERNIE wrote: >I fear it is just a dream Jan. The Epson RD-1, a super camera IMO, >showed it made no business sense. So did the R8/9, sadly. I'd have to disagree. How many versions of the RD-1 did they put out? Three? I know they were all very similar, but there was clearly some incentive to keep offering it. Regardless, I bet if there was a reasonably price (> $4000) digital rangefinder, they'd have good sales. Assuming of course they could turn a profit at that price point. I'd buy one for sure. I bet most people who had an M9 would buy one too as a backup. I constantly toy with selling all my Leica M stuff and just moving on. I don't know if I want to afford staying with the system, much less if I CAN afford it. I figure I'll wait to see what this year has to offer. If the M10 is around $7000... maybe. Only if it has comparable performance to the newer SLRs on ALL fronts. If it's $10k, I'll just write off shooting a digital rangefinder until some non-Leica entity comes out with one.