Re: [Leica] Re: Mephistos; The ending

[Mark Rabiner <mark@rabiner.cncoffice.com>]

"B. D. Colen" wrote:
> 
> Brougham wrote:
> >
> > Tina Manley <images@InfoAve.Net>
> >
> > > The ones advertised in the states are well over $200, but I got mine
> > > in France for less than half that.
> >
> > Are they worth well over $200 to you?  That is, if you were buying a
> > new pair today at that price, would you?
> 
> Wait, put it another way....Those of us on this list are paying about
> $1800 for a little metal box with a rangefinder in it and we question
> $220 shoes? Or, even more to the point, some of us pay $400-600 for
> 60-year-old LTM bodies and we question the price of a pair of
> comfortable shoes? Pardon me while I try to refocus my screen...:-)
> 
> B. D.

I'd pay $1800 for shoes if they could be resoled.
What could be more important than shoes?
I heard if your feet are warm and your head is warm you could be naked and still
be just fine...
with you Leica around you neck that is...

mark rabiner