Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/04/23
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]A bizarre response. Why do you think US $6-8 is cheap for a step up/down ring? After all, how much could it possibly cost to mass produce an aluminium tube with flanges and screw threads at each end? And how do you know, a priori, this is junk? I thought the prices were ----- Original Message ----- From: "Marc James Small" <msmall@aya.yale.edu> To: "Leica Users Group" <lug@leica-users.org> Sent: Saturday, April 22, 2006 11:47 PM Subject: Re: [Leica] 35/1.4 pre-Asph M Hood > At 09:09 AM 4/23/06 +0530, Jayanand Govindaraj wrote: >>Marc, >>$35!! I can buy a camera for that ;-) . The best place to buy non >>branded generic accessories like stepping rings, body caps, lens caps, >>lens hoods etc is (this is where I buy a lot of stuff) >> >>http://stores.ebay.in/Photo-Video-Accessories >> >> > With all respect, the stuff from Harrison and Harrison is really strong, > US-made, material. It is nto the sort of foreign cheap crap which we find > in most US camrea stores. Pay for junk, you get junk. Buy quality, you > get quality. I forget the name of that jerky Japanese firm that sold > Hasselblad filter adapters a decade back. I used to have to buy another > every month because they failed so often. H&H stuff is QUALITY stuff: > the > rings I bought in 1993 still work properly today. > > Once the Indians learn that quality sells, they too will have a place in > this but in the meantime, I can only say that they are bitplayers without > a > track record. > > Marc > > > msmall@aya.yale.edu > Cha robh b?s fir gun ghr?s fir! >