That would defeat the whole purpose of its brand recognition they spent so many decades building. Frankly, I think more engagement with the Leica consumer, other than we'll build it and they will come, is something that is sorely needed. Look at Pentel's site: http://tinyurl.com/2oesny They are also working on the up and coming consumer. Slobodan Dimitrov On May 14, 2007, at 1:13 PM, telyt@xxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote: > Nicolas <nicolas@royalsupra=2Eeu> wrote: > >> I'd see a =AB cheap line =BB as a big mistake: Leica's reputation >> in the SLR world comes from its lenses=2E=2E=2E so what if they >> offer tw= > o >> different grades of them =3F > > They could sell a less-expensive line of lenses using a different but > related name, much as Nikon sold Nikkormats as their economy > brand=2E As > long as the lenses are cross-compatible between the good grade and the > premium grade brands=2E > > Doug Herr > Birdman of Sacramento > http://www=2Ewildlightphoto=2Ecom > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > mail2web - Check your email from the web at > http://link=2Email2web=2Ecom/mail2web > > > ------ > Unsubscribe or change to/from Digest Mode at: > http://www3.telus.net/~telyt/lrflex.htm > Archives are at: > //www.freelists.org/archives/leicareflex/ ------ Unsubscribe or change to/from Digest Mode at: http://www3.telus.net/~telyt/lrflex.htm Archives are at: //www.freelists.org/archives/leicareflex/