RE: [Leica] Oh ... It's COMING SOON! :-)

["bdcolen" <bdcolen@earthlink.net>]

First off, people will not be flocking to dump their 11 mpg for 14mpg
cameras UNLESS there is a clear image advantage for their particular
work.

Second, you want to talk irrational - how about investing $5K in an M7
and Summilux 50 to just take some vacation snap shots and Xmas morning
photos of the kids. ;-)

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[mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us] On Behalf Of Gary
Williams
Sent: Monday, May 26, 2003 12:42 PM
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Subject: Re: [Leica] Oh ... It's COMING SOON! :-)


Subject: RE: [Leica] Oh ... It's COMING SOON! :-)


> You miss a major point here, Gary; the fact that digital continues to 
> "improve" does NOT mean that people have to upgrade every 18 months. 
> I'm willing to bet that for 99% of pros' needs - certainly for what 
> Tina does - a D1s with it's full-frame, 11 mgp sensor  - will meet 
> their needs for as long as the camera continues to function. We're no 
> longer talking about the jump from 1 to 2 to 3 mgp. And as to the 
> glass, one assumes one can get a reasonable check for one's investment

> in Leica glass if one makes a switch. And it's hardly unheard of for 
> pro's to switch systems when one system clear surpasses another - it 
> happened to Nikon when all it had was the dog called the F4 and Canon 
> had the EOS1.
>
> As to a "little convenience and instant gratification" - I'd say it's 
> more like having the tools that allow one to compete in the market 
> place and make a living. We're not talking here about happy snaps of 
> the grandkids and macro flower shots for the camera club.
>
> B. D.


Once somebody else has one bigger and better (in this example say a 14
mp vs. an 11 mp digicam), the need to keep up with the competition
overrides rational thought process.  Very few pros in the photo game
will be willing to admit the guy across the street has more juice or
"mp."  As I said before, I am amazed at the rationalizations people have
for spending colossal sums of money on digital when logic tells you we
are deep in a growth curve of a nascent technology that is still
changing so rapidly obsolesce is barely ahead of product introduction.

Gary

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