Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/07/20
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]All kidding aside - If a digital M was priced competitively with the Nikon and Canon pro-DSLRs and delivered equal or better results I'd sell my first, second, and third born to get it. No kidding. But call me crazy, I will not pay a $2000 premium for the same quality image with a red dot just to use my M lenses. As to film cameras, IF I was - or ever do again - shoot enough film to justify the investment, I would definitely consider selling my M6s to get M7s, for the AE and for the improved viewfinder. But given how very little film I am now shooting, I can't justify it. If you or anyone else sees me as someone who 'hates Leica,' doesn't think Leicas are good cameras, etc., you've pegged me incorrectly. I think the M is a terrific photographic tool, and believe that most of the current M lenses are the best available at their focal lengths. I just don't have any emotional investment in the brand name, the company, or it's future success - or future for that matter - any more than I do in the company that makes Webber barbecue grills even though I own a Webber. ;-) And, quite frankly, I think that anyone who buys Leica products simply because they ARE Leica and carry the name Leica is pretty damn foolish. :-) B. D. -----Original Message----- From: lug-bounces+bdcolen=earthlink.net@leica-users.org [mailto:lug-bounces+bdcolen=earthlink.net@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of grduprey@rockwellcollins.com Sent: Tuesday, July 20, 2004 10:31 AM To: lug@leica-users.org Subject: RE: [Leica] Epson R-D1 price revealed (digest 408) B. D. Come on now, we all know that you would not buy another Leica. Unless it was at least 10 years ahead of the competition, and selling at half the price of the competition! ;-) Gene |---------+--------------------------------------------------------> | | "B. D. Colen" <bdcolen@earthlink.net> | | | Sent by: | | | lug-bounces+grduprey=rockwellcollins.com@leic| | | a-users.org | | | | | | | | | 07/20/2004 09:05 AM | | | Please respond to Leica Users Group | | | | |---------+--------------------------------------------------------> >----------------------------------------------------------------------- -----------------| | | | To: "'Leica Users Group'" <lug@leica-users.org> | | cc: | | Subject: RE: [Leica] Epson R-D1 price revealed (digest 408) | >----------------------------------------------------------------------- -----------------| Right. But we're not buying D-100s, we'd be buying Rd-1s...a new camera...I just want some price in the damn ball park of what the comparable cameras are, or were when they came out. Which is to say that there is no way in hell I will ever pay $5K for a Leica digital M body UNLESS it truly set a new standard for digital capture.... -----Original Message----- From: lug-bounces+bdcolen=earthlink.net@leica-users.org [mailto:lug-bounces+bdcolen=earthlink.net@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of Dan C Sent: Tuesday, July 20, 2004 10:00 AM To: Leica Users Group Subject: RE: [Leica] Epson R-D1 price revealed (digest 408) But the D100 is NOT $2500 now. It's about $1900 CDN (< $1500 USD) as advertised at Henry's, and probably a bit less if you shop around. And the site where I dug up that price has a banner advertising a $200 price drop for the Canon 10D (now $1799.99 CAD). -dan c. At 09:17 AM 20-07-04 -0400, B. D. Colen wrote: >Agreed. $2500 would be doable - BUT - it has have image quality equal >to what's being produced by the D60, E-1, and better Nikons if it's >going to be more than something for play. And the images thus far >available do NOT meet that standard. Hopefully, by release time they >will. > >-----Original Message----- >From: lug-bounces+bdcolen=earthlink.net@leica-users.org >[mailto:lug-bounces+bdcolen=earthlink.net@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of >Michael E. Berube >Sent: Monday, July 19, 2004 10:34 PM >To: lug@leica-users.org >Subject: Re: [Leica] Epson R-D1 price revealed (digest 408) > > >On Sun, 18 Jul 2004 19:46:04 -0700 (PDT), Photoethnographer Karen >Nakamura quoth unto the boundless Ether... >>But it looks unlikely that we'll get it for less than $2500 for the >>near future. > >A lot of us paid $2500 for the new Leica D100 when it came out. A >(mostly) manual body that has (close to) the same 6.1MP sensor but >takes my Leitz and Vogtlander glass doesn't seem too out of line. I'd >rather have >a >useable digital M body that I can use for work AND play than a new >'quaint but classic' MP or an video display only fixed lens digicam >with a tiny sensor that >I can only really use for play. (Which is how my only film cameras >left...the >IIIc and M4P are now assigned.) > >I just hope that it becomes widely available here in the States at >whatever price and that it lives up to its promises. > >Be well, >Michael Eric Berube >GoodPhotos.com > > > > > > >_______________________________________________ >Leica Users Group. >See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > >_______________________________________________ >Leica Users Group. >See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > _______________________________________________ Leica Users Group. See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information _______________________________________________ Leica Users Group. See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information _______________________________________________ Leica Users Group. See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information