Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/12/16

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Miserable Failure
From: Eric Welch <eric@jphotog.com>
Date: Tue, 16 Dec 2003 20:05:14 -0800
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Come on, B.D., the Canon 1Ds is three times the cost of the Digilux 2. 
Or are you referring to the mythical R8/9 back? That's still less money 
than the 1Ds?

Eric Welch
Carlsbad, CA
http://www.jphotog.com

“Every normal man must be tempted at times to spit on his hands, hoist 
the black flag, and begin slitting throats.” H. L. Mencken
On Dec 16, 2003, at 3:03 PM, B. D. Colen wrote:

> My "savaging" on Leica digitals has nothing to do with my receiving
> equipment from Olympus, Adam, it has to do with the fact that thus far
> Leica's digital efforts have been more than a little half-assed, and
> have been limited to rebadging cameras manufactured by others - or, as
> you note, making a back for a film camera at a price that will buy you 
> a
> Canon D1s which is clearly THE 35 digital at this point. 
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