Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/12/04
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]True to this day. This kind of service can still be seen at a major political convention, car race, etc. What it's even better than the product support are the loaners they provide during an event. You can try out a lens under working conditions without having to pop for a 400 f2.8, 14mm F2.8, or some such exotic beast. Besides, real men have to feed families, they go with what you can earn a living with. Slobodan Dimitrov Marc James Small wrote: > > It is a LOT deeper than simply the choice of gear. Nikon supported their > professional shooters utterly and completely for many years in a way that > Leitz and Zeiss Ikon and Rolleiflex did not. If you busted a lens on a > shoot in Lower Ventricle, North Dakota, the Germans would tell you, "ach! > send it in, and we will fix it, for a fee!" while Nikon said, "pick up a > replacement lens at so-and-so tomorrow". This won over the professional > community REALLY fast, and the rest is history. > - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html