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Old 02/28/08, 12:20 PM   #13 (permalink)
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Default Re: New statement by Leica on the M8

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Originally Posted by Robert Belasario View Post
Other posts and other sites suggest it had nothing to do with the FF announcement but with the upgrade tactic introduced by Mr. Lee and his staff.
The suggestion being that the shutter replacement is only a matter of another "not so tight" spring and a firmware adaption, which if became known would ridicule the price of the upgrade and put Leica in a bad light.
Mr. Lee had subsequesntly planned this in order to improve income and a big profit margin on this income.

I actually would like this version better for this would mean that Mr. Kaufmann holds the Leica users in a higher respect than Mr. Lee, and has accordingly acted as such.

But as said, we won't know the truth untill it comes out .....
I agree with your LAST sentence.

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Bill
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