Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/05/10

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Subject: [Leica] The higher the price Nikon Kodak DCS100 and 620M
From: mak at teleport.com (Mark Kronquist)
Date: Thu, 10 May 2012 19:26:33 -0700
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were also monochrome DSLRs first because it had to be second as an option. I 
think they sold 100
On May 10, 2012, at 7:01 PM, Douglas Nygren wrote:

> Leica has an interesting idea in the dedicated black and white camera. 
> Except for the price, the idea seems very inviting. 
> Seems to me, an enterprising company could offer a competitve camera at a 
> much lower price. The 1% might not buy it, but the rest of us might. 
> Fuji seems to be taking up the challenge and would be an even bigger 
> competitor than it is if it's shutter fired faster and there wasn't such 
> delay between when you push the shutter release and the release actually 
> fires. 
> Canon and Nikon have faster autofocus mechanisms and work better in lower 
> light. Maybe they will pose a challenge. 
> Leica's high prices certainly leaves them vulnerable to being undersold.
> Doug
> Doug
> 
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