Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1997/02/17
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Hubert Nowotny wrote: > > Friends, > > Lucien is strongly supported. The M6J is one of the finest cameras > ever made. There are some M4 bodies, reinforced for press or military > use, which have similar smooth shutter release and absolutely silent > feel of the M6J. And, the J has a great metering system (superior to > the one used in "ordinary" M6es). > ONE OF THE FINEST? Charging $8,000-10,000 for the body should make it a lot better than just "one of the finest." The pricing is a moral crime. The normal M6 price is bad enough, but the M6J prices amount to a crime against humanity---or at least against Leica photographers. It isn't the M6J is some huge advance in technology which can justify the price. Just the opposite. Leica management is charging us for the old technology it abandoned in its never ending quest to make a cheaper camera. Not content to overcharge us for cheaply made cameras, they now also overcharge us for a well made camera!! Those guys, what a sense of humor--laughing at us all the way to the bank. Stephen Gandy