[Leica] "New" Leica announced

[Ken Iisaka]

You mean, 50 cents?


On Thu, Aug 21, 2014 at 2:16 PM, Richard Man <richard at richardmanphoto.com>
wrote:

> 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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