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tobey bilek · 02/24/08, 01:35 AM

That`s why I gave up and bought a Nikon. Not as nice as Leica`s upcoming R10 to be sure, but at least I don`t have to empty the retirement fund to pay for expensive German wages and panach.

They are down to a few hundred employess form 6000 according to Leica Historical Society. I suppose that is all it takes to build a few cameras for a few oil shieks. As the volumn shrinks, the developmental costs and fixed overhead needs to be spread over fewer and fewer units making them cost more and more, sales plunge more, costs rise, death spiral.

Just how much market is there for $10,000 cameras without lenses. You laugh? Price the new M9 and R10. You read it here first.

02/24/08, 01:35 AM	#14 (permalink)
tobey bilek Erfahrener Benutzer Join Date: 06/27/06 Posts: 241	Re: Rising Prices from Leica? That`s why I gave up and bought a Nikon. Not as nice as Leica`s upcoming R10 to be sure, but at least I don`t have to empty the retirement fund to pay for expensive German wages and panach. They are down to a few hundred employess form 6000 according to Leica Historical Society. I suppose that is all it takes to build a few cameras for a few oil shieks. As the volumn shrinks, the developmental costs and fixed overhead needs to be spread over fewer and fewer units making them cost more and more, sales plunge more, costs rise, death spiral. Just how much market is there for $10,000 cameras without lenses. You laugh? Price the new M9 and R10. You read it here first.