[Leica] Photokina

[Leopold Green]

Nathan,

Why do you say that? It is very demeaning! I saved and saved for a year to buy a Monochrom which is a camera priced at the sort of level you dismiss as being for collectors. You don't know people's circumstances... if I didn't have a M4 and M6 I would be saving to buy the M-A and when I bought it I would be taking photographs with it.

I wish Leica were cheaper [when I bought my M6 in the mid 90s they were - comparatively cheaper] but the price they charge is the price they need to and not go into bankruptcy as they almost did after 2000. 

So criticise the price yes , their marketing, that they still manufacture in Europe and aim for a level of performance above that of Fuji/Sony [though clearly they are inspiring them...] but don't keep making insulting comments about the people who buy their cameras [at least not till you have got to know them and feel you know enough about them to tell the list that I - or whoever - only buy these things to put on a shelf].

On 16 Sep 2014, at 18:40, Nathan Wajsman <photo at frozenlight.eu> wrote:

> They probably do not need to make any spare parts for the M-A. Since the people who buy it will not be using it to actually take pictures, it is unlikely that they will ever need repair.
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> Cheers,
> Nathan
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> Nathan Wajsman
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> On 16 Sep 2014, at 18:10, Emanuel Lowi <manolito at videotron.ca> wrote:
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>> Also delighted they have staff at Wetzlar who can assemble the all-mechanical M-A. That bodes well for parts and service for older M film models. 
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