This MFD world is melting under the weight of its own irrationalities. There simply arent enough people left standing to keep the market size going as it was.Leaf goes and maybe Sinar too - but takes a significant number of burned customers down with them..
These customers arent going to say oh well - I will just now switch to Hasselblad or Phase - some might many wont.
So the remaining duo will be left fighting over a smaller per annum unit sales battlefield - which is crowded with an ever increasing used body market for the person who never bought in the first place but might pay up for a nice mint used back....
The annual oo ahh about another 10 megapixels crammed into the same sized chip cos tehcnology always gets better and last years this is just the beez knees ads get pulled from the glossy sites to be replaced by thsi years beez knees - that party is over folks..
So what do I see from my cynical and charred rooftop ?
I see the smartest guys, with big smiles and nice manners, sliding carefully, slowly, chatting away and cracking jokes moving purposefully and privately out of the seating rows...towards the exit doors..hoping that no one notices and that they can maybe get 60 or 50 or 40 cents in the dollar for the gear they already own ..on their way out - before the door slams.
Meanwhile the single most important issue regarding the survival of the market is not being adressed by the players - all those three year warranties blah blah blah..what are they worth if the companies are no longer there?
Best thing everyone can do is in their minds totally write off the dollars they have spent - and realise that if no one is buying new at current prices and value propositions - maybe the companies who wish to play - have to get prices and other incentives down to actually competing against the real competition - CaNikon. if they cant - well they are walking dead too..
the best value propositions will be the Leaf and Sinar backs sold new @ 20-30 cents in the dollar. of course existing players wont want to see this - hence the BS new Leaf company - it aint about a merger it is about protecting fire sales that will crush who is left..the last thing needed is not only a large used market but a new market selling cheaper than 3 year old backs...
Just my 2cents worth - thats all I have left of my fun dollars - after these MFD players have finished with me! :ROTFL::ROTFL: