Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1997/02/18
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Hubert Nowotny wrote: > > > Date: Mon, 17 Feb 1997 19:19:21 -0800 > > From: Stephen Gandy <cameras@jetlink.net> > > To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > > Subject: Re: M3 look-a-like = M6-J > > Reply-to: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > Well Stephen - it's love it or leave it; I don't believe that any > price can be a moral crime (there are pretty many facts which come > beforehand in the line ...). It's handmade and there is a chain of > dealers in between the factory and us; that's it. > > (Surely I would appreciate to get it cheaper. No discussion about > that.) > > Have a fine day anyway > Hubert > > > ONE OF THE FINEST? Charging $8,000-10,000 for the body should make it > > a lot better than just "one of the finest." > > > > The pricing is a moral crime. The normal M6 price is bad enough, but > > the M6J prices > > amount to a crime against humanity---or at least against Leica > > photographers. > > > Stephen Gandy > > > * Von/From: HUBERT NOWOTNY, CTR Hatzenberger & Nowotny OEG > * A-1040 Wien/Vienna, Kettenbrueckengasse 16 (Austria, Europe ...) > * Tel ++43-1- 586 20 22 - 0, Fax ++43-1- 586 20 22 - 24 > * hubertn@ctr.co.at, http://www.ctr.co.at/ctr/ I don't buy cameras to collect. I buy them to use and create photographs with. The idea of spending $8000 for a camera is ludicrous. That is what my daughter's high school tuition runs. I own a Leica CL that I bought many years ago. Yes, it is not as accurate as the M series. Yes, it may feel like a toy a times, but I love the damn thing. I can take it anywhere effortlessly. The 40mm is for me a perfect compromise between the 35 and 50, especially when I take along the 28mm. The cost of most camera equipment has gotten way out of hand, but the fact that this particular brand is so highly sought after by collectors has made the costs absurd. To each his own. If it makes you happy to spend a fortune for a camera, suit yourself. Personally I'd rather feed my children. If I had to replace the CL today, I'd opt for the Contax. It's pricey also, but I have yet to see the fanatical following that drives prices through the roof.