[Leica] Photokina

[Leopold Green]

Hi Nathan,


I don't know whether the people who buy the limited edition 60th Anniversary M will use their camera on a very regular basis but I would be surprised if they never used it at all... I think you are dead wrong about the M-A - as far as I can tell it is £3100 in the UK versus £3600 for the MP or M7 - if, as they say, the only difference is removing the battery/exposure electronics then I think it will appeal to many people. I imagine most people considering a film Leica may already have a light meter or be comfortable assessing exposure for themselves and would quite like to have something 'cheaper' and purely mechanical - the more digital the world the greater the joy [for some people] there is in the traditional [I'll defend vinyl over CD or mp3 or even 'High Res' audio any time]. I know that when I use film [and i admit the Monochrom has really taken over for me] it is the M4 I reach for before the M6

Leopold

On 16 Sep 2014, at 20:49, Nathan Wajsman <photo at frozenlight.eu> wrote:

> I am not complaining about the prices, I am only stating that the people who buy these special editions are collectors, not photographers. And Leica knows it, too, which is obvious from their marketing. This is in contrast to, say, the S line, which, while expensive, is clearly aimed at people who will actually USE the equipment.
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> On 16 Sep 2014, at 20:43, Leopold Green <leopoldgreen at mac.com> wrote:
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>> Nathan,
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>> 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.
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>> 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. 
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>> 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].
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>> On 16 Sep 2014, at 18:40, Nathan Wajsman <photo at frozenlight.eu> wrote:
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>>> 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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>>> Blog: http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/
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>>> Cycling: http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/belgiangator
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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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