Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/10/02
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Dare I say it - but Zeiss Ikon is a meaningless lable to any American under 50 who does not work around microscopes. I know, I know - binoculars. But even there, I'll bet it's a pretty meaningless marque ... -----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: Saturday, October 02, 2004 6:07 PM To: Leica Users Group Subject: RE: [Leica] Zeiss Ikon Of course, it will have that cute little "Zeiss Ikon" label on it in place of the red dot. -dan c. At 05:50 PM 02-10-04 -0400, B. D. Colen wrote: >One thing to keep in mind about the Zeiss, guys - assuming that it's a >really well built, solid body: If you can buy a new Zeiss with a good >warranty for what you can buy a used M6 for, why would you be buying an >M6 with a slower flash sync, slower top shutter speed, bottom loading, >and lower viewfinder magnification - other than to buy a red dot. And >all of that is assuming that the Zeiss is a high quality body. I'd >suggest that we may not only be at the end of the age of film, but if >this camera is as good as promised, we may also be at the end of the >age in which one automatically goes for the Leica M assuming it to be >superior to everything else. > >But who knows, it may turn out that it is still superior. :-) > [snip] _______________________________________________ Leica Users Group. See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information