Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/05/26
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Subject: RE: [Leica] Oh ... It's COMING SOON! :-) > BTW, it's odd for you to at all "hack" me, of all people, about brand > loyalty. I have none, my loyalty is to good cameras, not camera brands...as > I have Contax, Leica, Canon, Hasselblad, Rollei (both TLR and MF SLR), > Plaubel...to start the list. No, I really have no brand loyalty, but I > simply am able to acknowledge an exceptional camera. > > Austin What you are missing is that the ND is an inferior product. I can't fathom except for product loyalty why you defend it. Of course you can take good photos with it, the ND uses Zeiss glass. But this does not mean it's a good product. But by any measure of cost to performance, its performance compared to the performance of its competition (Canon 1D) it is woefully outclassed, an inferior product in a very unforgiving marketplace. But don't take my word for it. The marketplace has spoken, and the ND is for all intents and purposes dead. Since the N mount film system is not doing that well either, the only issue to be settled is if the disaster of the ND takes Contax down with it. I took this position BEFORE the ND camera was introduced. It's based on a deeply flawed model, which means it's a deeply flawed product. Not even Nikon has been able to hold its position in the marketplace with an inferior high end digital product (many Nikon loyalist pros have moved to Canon, at one time unthinkable). Contax does not have anywhere near the user base that Nikon has, so what's to prevent the ND from sinking the Contax ship? Again, the only thing exceptional about the ND is how poorly it has been received and how much the investment in it has evaporated in such a short period of time. Gary - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html