Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/05/26
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Gilbert - I don't think anyone, or she, takes it that way.
We all know and love Tina - respect her and her work - She's cool!! and the
only people that have to watch out about this kind of stuff are people like
me (and a few others) who should 1- take a CLOSE look at whatever they put
out IF and WHEN it comes. It my be a good thing! Maybe "element sealed"
around the contact points, or have some great features. It MIGHT, and I
STRESS MIGHT - be just the ticket to get them going , and maybe a lower
price. We've heard 'stories' from Leica before. I'll give them a chance.
But whatever it is, it, like the poor Canon !Ds, will be obsolete very
fast (as the Canon 1D , D30 etc.) and "used" ones will turn up hardly used
for less than half the price - and FAST. Got my Nikon D1x used - brand new
in box, about a year after it came out, for two grand. These rich
"Professionals" around Boston (OK - My wife's a Physician; but pediatrics
and neos doesn't count :-) ) who have to have the best of the best at any
cost helps out in a big way to place these things on the shelves. But it
happens all around the "Camera World" - Soccer parents NEED that Canon 1Ds
with the bevy of Vibration Reduction lenses to get SI quality pictures of
their kids in action.
To them I say "Go for it , Man - Box up that Canon 1D just as it was
when you bought it six months ago, and get that 1Ds, your kids are only
little once!! Do it for them!" ... and to my Dealer I say - " call me ASAP
when a new in the box 'whatever- it - is- I - need' hits the shelf.
Ed
> From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us (Leica Users digest)
> Reply-To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
> Date: Mon, 26 May 2003 10:17:21 -0700 (PDT)
> To: leica-users-digest@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
> Subject: Leica Users digest V24 #312
>
> You are missing something, and coming close to insulting Tina with your
> remark about "a little convenience and instant gratification." The
> money Tina saves on film, and the time she saves processing film and
> scanning it with the auto feeder Nikon that she has used for years now,
> will pay for her new 1Ds long before it becomes obsolete.
>
> Gilbert
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