Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/11/30

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Subject: [Leica] Cameras Real Pros Use
From: jayanand at gmail.com (Jayanand Govindaraj)
Date: Sat, 1 Dec 2012 07:40:03 +0530
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Phil, Douglas,
As someone with over 35 years experience of analyzing company behaviour, I
would say that none of us represent the market that Leica are targeting
nowadays. Simple fact. I am not saying what they are doing is wrong, in
fact I think their focus is absolutely right. Do you think they can survive
on what we all collectively buy new every year? No, it is the oligarchs
that keep the company in the black - be grateful for the clueless. In that
sort of luxury market, unfortunately, the end sale prices are directly
related to what the market will bear, and not to the costs involved. With
their finite resources, I doubt that they can handle the costs of R&D and
marketing in too many different niches.
Cheers
Jayanand

On Sat, Dec 1, 2012 at 7:29 AM, Phil Forrest <photo.forrest at 
earthlink.net>wrote:

> On Sat, 01 Dec 2012 02:46:05 +0100
> Douglas Sharp <douglas.sharp at gmx.de> wrote:
>
> This is what I and others have been saying for a few years.
>
> > Bring out an alternative that offers the reliability
> > that used to be promised and fulfilled by Leica - and
> > seemed to disappear after the M4 - and I'll buy it like
> > a shot.
> >
> > Cheers
> > Douglas
>
>
> Phil Forrest
>
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