The Art of Strategic Humility
Voigtländer survives not by challenging Leica’s throne, but by carpeting its moat. While Leica crafts haute horlogerie for wrist-snob elites, Cosina’s Bessa series delivers democratic precision—a Xiaomi to Leica’s iPhone. The Bessa R2A (2002-2007) embodies this philosophy: a $500 gateway drug to rangefinder obsession, offering 90% M-series functionality at 20% cost. Newcomers whisper, “Start with Bessa, graduate to Leica”—but wiser souls learn to linger in this middle kingdom.
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