Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/08/16
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]One reason for not spending that kind of money on the S3 is that it is a one of kind offering...Nikon in making no indications that they will provide more than the token 50mm lens for this camera. Leica on the other hand has been supporting the M series for almost 50 years, with continuing innovation in lens designs. The Leica can still be used productively as a profesional camera, whereas the S3 is clearly meant to be displayed only. How many of those 7000 cameras will actually take a photograph on film? Not thats there's anything wrong with that! ;-) Dan C. At 10:01 PM 16-08-00 -0400, Dante A Stella wrote: > >I am really quite surprised at how now everyone has glommed onto the S3 as a new >target for attack. Maybe this email group should be renamed the sour grapes >society. I have so far seen everything from "it's made of spare parts" to "I've >got a bridge to sell." Sorry if > >-- Nikon RF bodies are rarer than Leica; >-- The 50/1.4 Nikkor was equal to or better than the Leica equivalents; >-- The S3 has much a longer effective baselength than an M6; and >-- Even with 7,000 copies Nikon is making far fewer than Leitz's **one year** M6 >production. > >Doesn't anyone remember that Nikon owned a big piece of the rangefinder market >and that its late rangefinder cameras (like the SP) were more innovative than >Leica's? Nikon's lenses (including those mounted for Leica) were also top >flight (maybe someone can tell me what Leica made in SM in the 1950s or even >1960s that was at all comparable to an 85 or 105 Nikkor rangefinder lens). So >why not $6,000? - people on this group regularly drop that much on products put >out by the Franklin Mint, Solms Division. If the S3 is made on the same tooling >then it is brass, which would make it a very nice piece. > >Is it too late to order a red-sealskin leather gold plated reproduction attrape >M3? > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ >Dante Stella >http://www-personal.umich.edu/~dante > > >