Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/05/26

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Subject: RE: [Leica] Leicas cost (was Re: Age)
From: Ben <ben@teco.net>
Date: Tue, 26 May 1998 14:35:18 +0000

> If you think about the fact that Leica will still repair equipment 30 years old 
> and older, where Nikon and Canon won't touch some items as young as 10 years old, 
> it is one heck of a value.  The last thing I like thinking about is my 400 2.8 L 
> Canon FD lens coming down with a major problem and Canon saying "Sorry you need to 
> upgrade to the EOS version" after I have sunk the equivalent of a small car in 
> cost into the damn thing!  At least with Leica this is not an issue.

Is that because the Leica 400/2.8 costs as much as a smallish country
and costs as much as a small car to repair? :-)