On Oct 2, 2008, at 1:42 PM, David Young wrote:
Steve commented::
they are either ahead of the game... or 6-7 years too late....
Hi Steve:
If, by "they", you mean Hr. Kaufmann and the current team at
Leica, they
cannot be "6 -7 years too late" as they have only been there about
2.5
years.
oh by they, I mean Leica...
I know, from talking to both Hr. Kaufmann and Steven Lee, that Hr.
Kaufmann has a great commitment to Leica and to the R system. This
commitment is one of the reasons that Lee was hired... he was a
long time R
user, before coming to Leica.
Hr. Kaufmann knows, I'm sure, that he is "a day late and a dollar
short",
but he is committed to deliver an R10 that should satisfy most R
users. I
think it would be here, now, except for their desire to bring the
S2 to
market. With Leica's low production, high value products and long
development cycles, the S2 is ideally suited for them. But they
only have
resources for one major project at a time.
I would like to have faith in them, but with all the fainting and
weaving,
experience has taught me to remain entirely unimpressed by what
they say...
and David, forgive me, but it's risky for you to be an apologist for
them...we are on the same team, but at times you sound like a hostage
advocating for the terrorists.
The R10 will be a "tougher sell" for the general market...but I
think that
if they do it right (going for the R7 size/weight is a good start)
the R10
will be introduced to great sales, as R users move to it as M
users moved to
the M8. Whether they can garner more of the general dSLR market,
after
that, will remain to be seen.
However, people buy small Nikons and Canons because the Pros use
the large
Nikons & Canons. If the S2 captures a decent share of the pro
market,
those looking for an upscale dSLR will buy the R10 because the
Pros are
using Leicas. Hell, it worked for me. In 1965, I bought a Nikon F
because
the pros were using them!
Only time will tell, but I think Leica is on the right track, even
if it
isn't the track for us, until sometime in 2010.
Cheers!
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