I believe that's correct... the CL was doing SO well.. it actually was outselling (if my memory of Stephen Gandy's website and other sources is correct) the "other" Leica's of it's time (M4 and later the "failed" M5).. I'm no expert.. but that's what I can remember..
Cheers, Dave -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Peter Alling Sent: Wednesday, August 21, 2002 5:23 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Let's get real, folks. Actually I think that you just proved it was true, just not poor sales of the CL that's all. At 04:53 PM 8/21/2002 -0400, you wrote: >I think the CL outsold the "real" Leica of the time something like 2 to >1. But, >Leica wasn't making much if any money off it, because the body was made by >Minolta, who made the lion's share of revenues from the body. And, with Leica >in dire financial straits at the time, it was felt that the CL was diverting >sales away from whichever M was being sold at the time. > >Poor sales were the "official" reason given by Leica for discontinuing the CL, >but it wasn't true. > >-frank > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On > > Behalf Of Raimo Korhonen > > Sent: Wednesday, August 21, 2002 8:35 PM > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: Vs: Let's get real, folks. > > > > This is the first time I read this - the CL is usually considered a sales > > flop (but actually isn´t) and a bit unreliable (mine was). > > All the best! > > Raimo > > Personal photography homepage at http://www.uusikaupunki.fi/~raikorho > > > > -----Alkuperäinen viesti----- > > Lähettäjä: frank theriault <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Vastaanottaja: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Päivä: 21. elokuuta 2002 4:06 > > Aihe: Re: Let's get real, folks. > > > > >They had the CL in the 70's, which outsold the M series by quite a large > > >margin. That's probably why they stopped making it. > > > > > >-frank > > > > > >Bob Walkden wrote: > > > > > >> Hi, > > >> > > >> > until Leica comes up with an entry level rangefinder (i.e. never), > > >> > > >> the M2 was their entry-level rangefinder, back in 1957. > > >> > > >> Bob > > - > > This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, > > go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to > > visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org . > > - > > This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, > > go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to > > visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org . > >-- >"The optimist thinks this is the best of all possible worlds. The pessimist >fears it is true." -J. Robert >Oppenheimer >- >This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, >go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to >visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org . - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org . - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
