Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/01/28
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Karen, I couldn't agree with you more. My Spotmatic, though much younger than my Leica IIIa and IIIf RD, works just great. By the way, my first decision on buying a camera was between a new Retina and a used Leica IIIa. I chose the Leica and it is still going strong. Jim Nichols > [Original Message] > From: Karen Nakamura <mail@gpsy.com> > To: Leica Users Group <lug@leica-users.org> > Date: 1/28/2005 6:20:35 AM > Subject: RE: [Leica] Doomed: Leica MP 0.58x > > > > > This "planned obsolescence" was introduced by the Japanese > >after WW II and in > > I don't think you can blame the Japanese for planned obsolescence. > Just take a look at anything made by Kodak (except the Kodak Retina > series). And Japanese cars do tend to last much much longer than > American cars. Most Asahi Pentax Spotmatic cameras and Nikon Fs are > ticking along just as well as their Leicaflex brethren. > > Not to get off track, but just defending my fellow country men and women. > > > Karen Nakamura > http://www.photoethnography.com/ClassicCameras/ > http://www.photoethnography.com/blog/ > > -- > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information