it seems that 1.3 is almost complete this is according to leica NJ but nothing on release date On 2/9/07, David Young <telyt@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > Tim Bedsted wrote to Andy: > > >You are spot on, the "only" reason to buy a R9 is to mate it to the DMR, = > >so with the DMR gone, they will have a camera series with "zero" sales = > >for 2 years. The logical conclusion must be a) they are in the process = > >of discarding the R series, in order to focus entirely on the M line 2) = > >or the R10 is much closer to launch than we think > > Tim: If I may comment: > > 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 > > Wildlife Photographs: http://www.telyt.com/ > Personal Web-pages: http://www3.telus.net/~telyt > > > > > ------ > Unsubscribe or change to/from Digest Mode at: > http://www3.telus.net/~telyt/lrflex.htm > Archives are at: > //www.freelists.org/archives/leicareflex/ > -- ------------------------------------- regards, mehrdad ------ Unsubscribe or change to/from Digest Mode at: http://www3.telus.net/~telyt/lrflex.htm Archives are at: //www.freelists.org/archives/leicareflex/