Re[2]: Still no DMR
- From: Harrison McClary <harrison@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: Roger Beamon <leica@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 13 May 2005 12:55:38 -0500
On Friday, May 13, 2005, 11:14:28 AM, Roger Beamon <rbeamon1@xxxxxxx> wrote:
RB> but "unfold" with respect to their
RB> strategy in being content to stay in their niche market . Truth be known,
they
RB> have little other choice without that infusion of gobs of geld!
Roger,
While Leica has provided a Niche market for quite a few years think
that it was to a photo industry that was driven by film and one could
use a basic full manual rangefinder camera to the same effectiveness
as an SLR wonderbrick. Now the worm has turned....film itself is
becoming somewhat of a niche market, shrinking the whole market Leica
has to pander to. Look at first quater sales from Kodak...900,000
digital units, Canon 850,000 units...and those are just the top two.
I agree that Leica is a Niche market supplier who happens to supply
some of the most fun to shoot cameras coupled with stellar lenses...I
just think that in today's world this will be a very tough road for
them to continue to follow. A small business person can provide a
nich market item to a niche market...but can a large company with an
internaional market do so and survive? I hope so.
--
Harrison McClary
Harrison McClary Photography
http://www.mcclary.net
harrison@xxxxxxxxxxx
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