[LRflex] Re: Comparison of M8 Photos in Infra-Red.

Thanks for the complete and thorough note David.

Elliot
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From: "David Young" <telyt@xxxxxxxxx>
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Sent: Wednesday, November 22, 2006 10:34 PM
Subject: [LRflex] Re: Comparison of M8 Photos in Infra-Red.


> At 22/11/2006, you wrote:
>>David:  Just a quick question:  Given the financial progress that Leica 
>>has
>>made, did you get any idea about the success of the DMR?  Is the DMR still
>>being made in quantity?  One might envision the M8( once the problems are
>>solved ) as being a bigger seller then the DMR.
>>
>>Any idea when the planned R 10 will be "available"?
>>
>>Elliot
>
>
> Hi Elliot!
>
> To answer your questions:
>
> The DMR is selling steadily, if more slowly than Leica would like.
>
> It is no longer being made in quantity.  In fact, it is not being
> made, at all!  This is because Imacon both designed and built the DMR
> for Leica under contract.  Leica figured out the number they'd likely
> need and had Imacon built them all at once.  Thus, "no longer being
> made" does NOT equate to "being discontinued".  It was simply more
> economical to make them that way. (I know, it's hard to think of the
> DMR as "economical", but the price would be worse, were they being
> made in small batches!)
>
> Imacon continue to develop the firmware for the DMR and should Leica
> sell out of them before the mythical R10 is produced, they'll have
> Imacon build another batch. This I have, straight from the horse's
> mouth - as it were.
>
> As for the M8, I suspect it is already a bigger seller than the
> DMR!   However, whether it will be much bigger will depend on how
> fast, and how well, Leica solve their IR related colour shift problem.
>
> The mythical R10 is now in the early planning stages.  What form it
> will take - a mini-DMR with upgradeable sensors (my choice!) or a
> fixed sensor camera like the current Canon's or Nikons, or something
> else entirely - is likely not yet even known within Leica itself.  As
> I said, they are only at the EARLY planning stages.  Which is why our
> little survey was so important to them!
>
> The R-10 is expected be introduced at the next Photokina... end of
> September, 2008, with availability some time after that.  Whether
> this actually happens, or not, will depend on whether the M8 is a
> successful as they hope!  And that will depend on how well, and how
> fast, they solve their current M8 woes.
>
> Having met the new management, I have every reason to believe that
> they will get it right and, after a short hiccup, will be very
> successful with the M8.  That, in turn, will assure the R10 to follow!
>
> Cheers!
>
>
>
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