[LRflex] Re: The DMR as a Collectible.
- From: mehrdad <msadat@xxxxxxxxx>
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- Date: Fri, 9 Feb 2007 23:24:24 -0800
it's leica!! website is behind times!!
On 2/9/07, Tim Bedsted <Tim.Bedsted@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hello
> If you go to the Leica website they still advertise the DMR, why would they
> do that if it has been yanked, it can also still be had from reputable sellers
>
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> /T
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> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:leicareflex-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Steve Barbour
> Sent: 10. februar 2007 00:23
> To: leicareflex@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [LRflex] Re: The DMR as a Collectible.
>
> time will tell... meanwhile wishful thinking...piled on other wishful
> thinking...
>
> David... I wonder if you have been "led by the nose" by people with
> their own wishful thinking, who didn't want to give you any bad news...
>
>
> a classic example of giving bad news, while appearing to be giving
> you good news...
>
>
> (remind you of anyone.... ?)
>
> Steve
>
>
>
> On Feb 9, 2007, at 8:04 AM, David Young wrote:
>
> > From what I, and others, were led to believe, in Solms/Wetzlar, is
> > that the R-10 is very much "alive" as a project, but that work did
> > not start on it until after the M8 was finalized. The next Photokina
> > was implied as the date of introduction - that's late September, 08.
> >
> > It is possible, however, that what we were told was not entirely the
> > truth. (Actually, if the R10 were closer, it would please me, just
> > fine!)
> >
> > There is another possibility. We know that the R9 was languishing in
> > sales, before the DMR came along. We also know that they have not
> > actually produced an R9 for some considerable time, as there was not
> > need, as they had a warehouse full of them, when the DMR was finally
> > introduced.
> >
> > It is, I think, instructive to note that on Leica's memo, currently
> > being circulated on the web, they do not use the word
> > "discontinued". They use the words "sold out", and acknowledge that
> > there will be no more. It may be that the DMR has achieved it's
> > purpose ... it has given people reason to buy an R9 and has cleaned
> > out the warehouse. Then, once the DMR is, itself, sold out - there
> > is no real need for more. In this scenario, it would leave Leica
> > without an SLR (digital or film) until the R10 is introduced. But,
> > better that, than no sales and a warehouse full of R9s!
> >
> > Just some thoughts...
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> >
> > David Young,
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