Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/08/04
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]A lot of people on the lists when they are looking at cameras to get they are looking at cameras to get to not so much to add to their body of work - Which they could care less about. They are looking for the fun of owning a new camera, better than the Jones next door and playing with it for awhile. Then selling it. Rinse and repeat. A camera like the Hasselblad digital and the Leica S2 does not lend itself to this brand of amateur commerce. Its just not a causal buy like a thing which costs a few grand. You and buy and trade M6's and M7s and M8's back and forth till the cows come up but laying out $28 grand for an S2 or 30 or 40 grand for a digital Hasselblad is not going to be done with the residuals from Fridays paycheck. It's just not going to happen. This means you can't have the greatest camera for few weeks or month on your block any more. Because if a commercial photographer lives on the block they are going to have made that kind of financial commitment and you are not. So much for fun with money. Some will have to just choose a different hobby. -------------------- Mark William Rabiner Photography mark at rabinergroup.com > From: Lottermoser George <imagist3 at mac.com> > Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> > Date: Wed, 04 Aug 2010 10:33:34 -0500 > To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> > Subject: Re: [Leica] What are the rumours around Leica and Photokina? WAS : > Leica annual report > > And if they would now present > in the wake of the M9 success > and the high end S2 option > a $6,000 24x36 DSLR > with the new, polished "FINE" Leica brand; > it would certainly "have a reasonable chance." > > I'm looking at $5 - $14K options > from PhaseOne, Hasselblad, Leaf > every day. > > I have to believe others are as well. > > Regards, > George Lottermoser > george at imagist.com > http://www.imagist.com > http://www.imagist.com/blog > http://www.linkedin.com/in/imagist