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>>260141 >Yeah, I agree, it's still disappointing the Ms aren't self-sustaining and Leica's having to do this (or those stupid special collectors' Ms, or etc. etc.) to keep going.
The M division could easily be self-sustaining by the virtue of economies of scale. If they'd chop the price to $2000 instead of $6000, they'd sell far more than just 3 times as many cameras. A girl I met over the summer was talking about "yeah, I think I want to get a Leica this summer, just like, a cheap digital one, they seem really cool". People like that alone could keep them afloat for a really long time. The problem is that it would alienate the core market of rich faggots who pay $50,000 for a "collector's edition" made of adamantium with siberian tiger leather grip or something.
I have one Leitz (not leica) product, an excellent autofocus enlarger from the 1960s, and I love it. I may buy an M4 some day but frankly the Bessa R2 seems like a better option. Leica quit being good about the time they changed their company's name to Leica.
Oh, and the girl got all mad at me when I told her how much the M8 costs. "oKAY, jeez, you don't have to be all pissy about it! Like I just thought it would be cool! I don't believe you anyway, six thousand dollars and you need to buy the lens separately, that's bullshit!"
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