[LRflex] Re: Kaufmann Interview
- From: Charlie Falke <chfalke@xxxxxxx>
- To: leicareflex@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 04 Apr 2008 07:13:51 -0400
David Young wrote:
Giving credence to the theory that the R10 will not be abandoned, was
the fact that Hr. Kaufmann told us (again, in Rochester) that Leica
had 20+ lenses under development. As the M line only adds 1 to 3 new
lenses a year, that leaves a lot of lenses for the PanaLeica (4/3rs)
line, or room for a whole new fleet of AF lenses for the mythical R10.
Perhaps both!
No matter what it was/is to be, the R10 was widely expected to be
shown at Photokina, '08, and introduced shortly thereafter. Now, it
seems that whatever form it takes, they may only show a "concept
camera" at Photokina, and that the R10 is much further down the pipe.
Of course, with Leica being part of the FourThirds consortium, it is
always possible that they will now concentrate on a 4/3rds format SLR,
made in Germany! Who knows? Not me!
David,
A 4/3 would sell to high end consumers, but A 4/3 will have a
hard time competing against larger Nikon and Canon iron,
in the professional market. (remember what everybody was using
at the Rugby game.)
He seems to have abandoned that market.
Given the market performance of previous Leica R's, this is
not an unrealistic viewpoint. It's still very disappointing.
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