Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/10/10
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Anthony Atkielski wrote: > > From: Mark Rabiner <mrabiner@concentric.net> > Sent: Monday, October 11, 1999 00:11 > Subject: Re: [Leica] Leica point and shoots > > > They seem to be selling a lot of them at Camera World. > > Good. > > > It would seem obvious that people would want the prestige > > of the Red Dot ... > > I'm not so sure. You know, most people wouldn't know a Red Dot from a Purple > Dot. Is there nothing else about the cameras that could be attracting > customers? How are they priced? Do the salespeople talk them up? > > -- Anthony The name Leica is well known IMO. And these people are willing to pay a few hundred more bucks for it. In the realm of high end point and shoots many with German sounding stuff on the lenses. Some sound ok to me. The XPAN by Hasselblad/Fuji has got my attention. Fuji makes great cameras and Hasselblad makes great Logo's. Mark Rabiner