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Really great work Kurt. My compliments.

Please keep us posted. I'm really interested to see the results of your pictures when the Painter has done his work.

Jack MacD;2819 wrote: Sure, Leica is listening to us, but their bigger market is Asia, and I don't see many users from Asia on this site other than Kurt. Perhaps over there, it seems, buyers purchase the S2 as a luxury good, more than just a very fine tool?

Most people I run into in Tokyo who use Leica are older people and they like the…[Read more]

Thanks Jack, you are very kind.

As I mentioned to Jack, I have a gallery showing coming up in Manila in October … so it'll be exciting to see what local reactions will be to my slices of Filipino daily life. In addition, I have another tentatively scheduled for March of next year that will be a mixed media show with a Filipino painter who…[Read more]

Very nice ! bravo ! 😉

Sure, Leica is listening to us, but their bigger market is Asia, and I don't see many users from Asia on this site other than Kurt. Perhaps over there, it seems, buyers purchase the S2 as a luxury good, more than just a very fine tool?

Day dreaming of course .

All is sold !!! we can closed this thread 😉

Would Leica guys listen to us or we are just daydreaming?

Andrew

Vagueness and turtle slow output is a bit unsettling to be sure. One of the chief attributes of the S system is the dual shutter capability and a key reason I bought the S2 … which is a very attractive one at least from a professional photographer's POV.

I've owned the camera now for quite some time and have been unable to use the CS…[Read more]

Roger,
I think the biggest problem that the S2 had was poor product planning. Lenses were not readily available, lens family was not revealed, accessories kept secret. Now that it is older and some lenses available, the S3 has to hit a homerun in features in order to convince the public to buy into the system. The market for MFD can go with…[Read more]

It appears the drop in S2 used product continues below what I speculated .

Al

Take all your assumptions ….doesn t look promising for the S3 . Retained value is an important factor in how many people will trade up to the S3. Leica controls all the levers in pricing,availability, special programs .

Marc s point is relevant ..if you have to take a unusual high loss on you S2 ….many will just not upgrade…[Read more]

Marc

You are right…..let me start again(I screwed up my example). Lets assume that a new S3 base model is $25K . (there is plenty of margin in that number for Leica ). What would be a fair price for a used S2 sold by a dealer with a one year factory warranty . Say $14 to 15K ….so the dealer could pay you $11.5 to 12K or 50% of what…[Read more]

Or keep it for the reasons you bought it, and don't worry about it.

-Marc

The thought of a trade in program by Leica is pretty far fetched for a company that has never done it in their history. Add to that the thought of a price lowering of a camera again an event that has never been done. Two speculations that have very low probabilities to come to fruition.

However, stopping in a Leica shop in Honolulu, the…[Read more]

I don't understand your post Roger.

Are you saying factory new S2s with 1 year warranty at $11,000? Or used S2s with a 1 year warranty?

Either way, using the rough 1/3-2/3 dealer buy pricing model, that would place the value of the S2 in our hands at $7,500 or less. That would be the worst value ratio of any MFD brand to date based on…[Read more]

nice done !

Let me say up front Leica will not be offering a trade in program. Back when Leica provided better margins to the dealers ..it was the dealers that often supported the used prices. I had a dealer that called me as he was filling out his order to Leica …always got a very good trade in value . This dealer inturn always had great used gear…[Read more]

nice 🙂

very beautiful model btw 😉