Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Hunting Optics Doug@Cameraland, new line of optics, How about Leupold?

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Another vote for Meopta.

Kaps would also be an interesting addition.

We have spoken with Meopta on a few occasions. We are open to their line and perhaps next year it can become something we bring in

You have to catch the Yos on sale (and a good one) for sub-$70. Normally, right at $100ish.

For that range, and considering it's VERY likely the same glass and prisms, just get Doug to toss in the Vortex Raptor 6.5x32s: http://www.cameralandny.com/optics/vortex.pl?page=vortexraptor6x32

Or, if you'd prefer roofs, jump all the way up to $170 and get the 6.5x32 Fury: http://www.cameralandny.com/optics/vortex.pl?page=vortexfury6x32

That'd be cool.

At which point you would be well in excess of 200% the typical "sale" street cost of the yosemite's.

I hear what you are saying, but the bottom line is that there really isnt a competitor to the yosemtite's when you factor in both quality AND typical street price. I am NOT pumping leupy gear AT ALL, just saying that those particular little buggers occupy their niche nearly perfectly.

Unfortunately abandoning the "low end of the market" to an entrant is the typical response of an established market leader, which invariably leads to disaster for the lead brand. See IBM's management of their PC invention. A better strategy is a new autonomous business unit to compete at the low end, with lower expectations from the parent for immediate high returns. This may be Leupold's strategy with the acquisition of Redfield.

What I don't see, however, is segregation between the 'low end' Redfield line and a focus on competing successfully with the Euro scope makers on quality, with Leupold's high-end products. This calls for a new business model for Leupold, not the one gr8fuldoug discovered in his post when dealing with Leupold. This means Leupold management doesn't get it and bad times are probably closer than they expect.

Although this would significantly decrease total Leupold-branded sales, because only a comparatively small number of customers are really willing to pay high prices even for high quality, it might save the company.

This strategy requires willingness to cannibalize the parent brand and the leadership will to re-invest in the down-market unit, until quality is eventually perfected, and the 'up-market' climb to profitability repeats itself.

You can count on the fingers of one hand the number of successes in combating disruptive innovation. It's the price of progress though, in a free market.

Considering I have a couple pairs of Yos, I understand quite well.

Catch Doug when he has a "demo" sale of Raptors; same ballpark, likely same glass.

How about Canon? I have always wanted a set of their higher end image stabilizing binos.

We are an authorized Canon dealer and can order in their binoculars for you on a special order basis.

Thanks, good to know.

gives the guys with higher dollar European glass someone to look down their nose at


that' why I buy them?

dang I lost an "s" somewhere, couldn't pick it up in my scope in the dim light