Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/07/30
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]If you had a half dozen lenses and a couple of bodies then 2 grand is adding how much to the total cost of your system percentage wise? Less consequential when thought of like that. Too rich for my blood though. Mark Rabiner DR. BLACKTAPE SUGGESTS... ...that it all depends upon whether you have those half-dozen lenses and couple of bodies because you are a photographer - pro or am - and regularly use them as your photography "tools," or you are a collector. It strikes Dr. Blacktape that if you already have a couple of bodies, and haven't been planning to purchase another because you need it for your work, you just might be better off spending that $3,000 - not $2,000 - on purchasing some equipment you need, or upgrading some equipment - let's say to aspherical lens or lenses. But that's just Dr. Blacktape's view of the world. And, by the way, Dr. Blacktape thinks that black paint bodies are really "keen," it's the extra charge and the "collecting" he fails to understand. As some sage on this list noted, "collect" Picassos, "collect" hand built, 19th century wooden cameras, "collect" first editions of books you care about by authors who matter. But collect mass produced objects that are created specifically for "collecting"? That's the acquisition of objects for investment purposes. But that's just one person's opinion....