[Leica] "New" Leica announced

[Richard Man]

One gigabyte of flash is probably less than $50 in quantity...


On Thu, Aug 21, 2014 at 11:24 AM, Frank Filippone <red735i at verizon.net>
wrote:

> First they try to convince us we don't need no stinking frame selector,
> that
> it is a distraction.  Then they add it back on.
> The implication is that only Professionals are capable of using a frame
> selector... amateurs are too stupid.
>
> Sapphire glass addition should have been included.... from the first M
> (240).  But applause is earned.
>
> I thought Apple was a bit bad for charging an incremental extra $100 per
> 16GB of internal storage in their iPads.
> Leica now wins the cake... $1000 for an extra 1GB.
>
> You need to know that this is, in most likelihood, a one chip change.
> Maybe
> it is an extra chip, maybe it is just a larger capacity chip.
>
> Less is More.  Except when More is really a LOT More.
>
> I do like the fact that for this model, they have at least stopped using
> the
> M (Type 240+) designator....   Now in 5 years you order a used M-P and you
> could get a really rare M2 with Mods, a standard film camera, or a digital
> M.  This is what happens when the marketing department has the IQ slightly
> below a... never mind, rant over.
>
> Please God, when I am reincarnated, let me come back as the Marketing
> Director of Leica M cameras.
>
> Frank Filippone
> Red735i at verizon.net
>
> Leica M-P: Mtype 240 with additional 2GB buffer, frame line selector,
> Saphire LCD, and cosmetic changes.
> Leica 240 price increased to 7,250 as of 9/1.
>
>
> Bob Adler
>
>
>
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