[LRflex] Re: The DMR as a Collectible.
- From: Douglas Sharp <douglas.sharp@xxxxxx>
- To: leicareflex@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sat, 10 Feb 2007 13:05:38 +0100
They don't stock/build them any longer - but dealers out there still
have them - Leica is still advertising to get rid of those.
Douglas
mehrdad wrote:
> 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
>>
>>
>> /T
>>
>> Tim Bedsted
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>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: leicareflex-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> [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...
>>> ---
>>>
>>> David Young,
>>> Logan Lake, CANADA
>>>
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