[LRflex] Re: The DMR as a Collectible.
- From: Steve Barbour <kididdoc@xxxxxxx>
- To: leicareflex@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 9 Feb 2007 16:23:09 -0700
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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