Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/03/04
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Which begs the question, why does an old lady need a big car? Nathan Wajsman Alicante, Spain http://www.frozenlight.eu http://www.greatpix.eu http://www.nathanfoto.com PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws Blog: http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/ YNWA On Mar 4, 2012, at 11:57 PM, Chris Crawford wrote: > In 2006, my grandmother bought a new car. She had a 1987 Ford Escort that > she had bought new. She has money but is tightfisted, so when she bought > the Escort, she went to the local Ford dealer and said she wanted the > cheapest new car on the lot. Then she paid cash for it. > > She hated that Escort the entire time she had it. It was a little tin-can > shitbox that rode rough, had no engine power, was claustrophobically small > inside, and God help you if you get in a wreck with someone driving a big > car! She bitched about that Escort the whole time she had it, and when she > replaced it in 2006, she swore she was going to buy a nicer car. > > She didn't want to spend too much though. She looked at the Ford Focus, > the successor to the Escort and a better built car, though still a crappy > econo-tincan, and she looked at a Taurus, a nice midsize car. The Taurus > was $3000 more than the Focus. That was just $3000 too much and the old > cheapskate bought the Focus, once again paying the full cost of the > brand-new car in cash. > > My grandma has done nothing but BITCH incessantly to everyone who will > listen about what a piece of shit her car is, and how much she hates it > because its too small, rides rough, has no power, and she feels unsafe in > it. Sound familiar? Yeah, same complaints she had about her last new car, > the 87 Escort. > > Seriously, if you're already spending $10+ thousand, a couple thousand > more for a better camera is worth it. > > > Lesson: Spend the money and get the right camera. > > -- > Chris Crawford > Fine Art Photography > Fort Wayne, Indiana > 260-437-8990 > > http://www.chriscrawfordphoto.com My portfolio > > http://blog.chriscrawfordphoto.com My latest work! > > http://www.facebook.com/pages/Christopher-Crawford/48229272798 > Become a fan on Facebook > > > > On 3/4/12 4:28 PM, "Richard Man" <richard at richardmanphoto.com> wrote: > >> That way of thinking leads to madness! >> >> $13K for H4D-31, but hey >> $13K for a P40+, and "only" $5K more to get an Alpa and a good lens! >> But hey, >> $18K, may as well pay another $4K for the S2 body and what's another $4K >> for a lens? >> >> But wait... $26K? You can get a P65+ and another $5K for an Alpa with a >> good lens! >> $31K? Chump change. Now you can get a S2P setup! >> >> Or wait, $31K + $8K gets you the ULTIMATE IQ180. Who doesn't want THAT? >> Another $15K gets you the ultimate ultimate Alpa with 3 lens setup. >> >> So now we are looking at $52K. >> >> All because $13K is just $2K more than $11K. >> >> AND NOT a single photo has been taken. >> >> >> On Sun, Mar 4, 2012 at 1:10 PM, <grduprey at mchsi.com> wrote: >> >>> If I was going to spend $11K on a digital MF camera I would spend >>> another >>> $2k and get the Hasselblad H4D-31. >>> >>> Gene >>> >>> ----- Original Message ----- >>> From: "Richard Man" <richard at richardmanphoto.com> >>> To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org> >>> Sent: Saturday, March 3, 2012 11:26:29 PM GMT -06:00 US/Canada Central >>> Subject: Re: [Leica] S2 vs. 645D >>> >>> The genesis of the camera seems to be that Pentax finally finished it so >>> that it can make the company more appealing to Hoya, but then it got >>> wildly >>> popular (well, wildly is a relative term in medium format world). Now >>> another owner later, they are certainly taking their time releasing new >>> lens. There is one wide lens already: 25mm which is even wider than the >>> new >>> Leica S2 35mm but one will have to make do with the older 645 or 6x7 >>> lens >>> in the mean time. The performance varies so you may have to try several >>> lens to get one that performs well, but they are dirt cheap though, >>> relatively speaking. >>> >>> On Sat, Mar 3, 2012 at 9:12 PM, John McMaster <john at chiaroscuro.co.nz >>>> wrote: >>> >>>> Pentax don't seem to be rushing out new/wider lenses for it, not sure >>>> (either way) of the quality of the lenses from the film days. >>>> >>>> john >>>> >>>> -----Original Message----- >>>> >>>> >>>> If I can finagled $11K, I'd buy the Pentax 645D in a heartbeat. \ >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Leica Users Group. >>>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >>>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> // richard <http://www.richardmanphoto.com> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Leica Users Group. >>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Leica Users Group. >>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> // richard <http://www.richardmanphoto.com> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >