Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1996/10/05
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At 02:30 PM 10/5/96 BST-1, David Morton wrote: >However if we look further down the list: > > Leica R Nikon MF Difference >400mm f2.8 9980 8760 14% >80-200mm f4 1400 1200 17% > >which hardly lends credence to your 'designed without a thought for the >price' argument, does it? > >Indeed I would suggest that the price points show that Leica are >*directly* competing with Nikon in this area. And once they've chosen to >compete, they will be blown by the same economic winds which affect every >other manufacturing company. I think it shows the exact opposite: Nikon has some serious lenses in its line which are intended for professional use. These lenses are designed and built to a higher standard than the lenses they intend more for the amateur market. And they can thus price these lenses close to the Leica-R line. Leica, after all, really makes nothing but professional-level gear but Nikon caters to a much broader swathe of the market. msmall@roanoke.infi.net FAX: +540/343-7315 Cha robh bas fir gun ghras fir!