Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/11/07

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Subject: [Leica] 2500 ISO
From: grduprey at mchsi.com (grduprey@mchsi.com)
Date: Tue Nov 7 19:30:54 2006

Jayanand,

No but the Canon 1D MKII is in the same price range, only a few hundred 
dollars lower, and they are selling very well.

Gene


-------------- Original message from Jayanand Govindaraj 
<jgovindaraj@eth.net>: -------------- 


> Frank, 
> The top end Canons and Nikons are the not the competition for an M8, it 
> is the mid level SLRs. I cannot imagine someone who needs a D2X or an 
> IDS Mk2 for his professional work ever buying a M8 in lieu of either - 
> it is just not flexible enough, (Tina and Ted excepted). 
> Cheers 
> Jayanand 
> 
> 
> Frank Dernie wrote: 
> 
> > The M8 is not expensive compared to its competition. 
> > 
> > On 7 Nov, 2006, at 07:23, Jayanand Govindaraj wrote: 
> > 
> >> The criticism is not about the camera, but the price, and the bang 
> >> for the buck from my point of view. The point I am making is at that 
> >> price I dont want the experience - would you test drive a Ferrari if 
> >> you were not serious about buying one? 
> > 
> > 
> > 
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