Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/02/12
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]In a way I think your are correct, Dan. But although there is a Leica Mythos or legend, there will always be a demand for manual cameras, you may compare with Nikon, who keep on producing the 'obsolete' FM2. In fact, the 'modern' cameras become obsolete as soon as another new model comes on the market. Imagine you bought a new EOS1, F4 or G1. What are they worth today, compared to an M6 bought in those days? Even the F5 with MN30 and 2 accs can be bought for 2/3 of the price today, compared to what I paid in January 1997. I don't want to think about it! PS Today I bought the same film scanner as you, and I am very pleased with the HP Photosmart after scanning lots of slides and B/W negatives. Well, I guess it will be obsolete anyway within two years, so I'd rather spend $ 480 than $1.400 for brand N... I published some of the new scans on my mirror site, and replaced some of my old pix, as the Photosmart did better than the previous flatbed scanner I used. /Hans - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Mail: hans.pahlen@mark.komvux.se URL: http://www.komvux.skola.mark.se/hp635.htm Mirror URL: http://home2.swipnet.se/~w-24872/ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - >This was in 1953 or 1954, when the rangefinder still reigned supreme among >miniature cameras. Nowadays, lets face it, the rangefinder is a relic, >loved and nurtured by a relatively few of us fools (used in a kind and >loving tone ;-)) . If the Leica had never existed, and some German >company in Solms decided today to introduce a camera called the Leica M6, >priced as it is, it would be a complete flop. Who would buy it when faced >with the competition? We love the M6 partly for what it is, but also for >what it was. Make too many changes to it, and suddenly it becomes a very >expensive modern camera that does a job only half as well as SLRs and >Contax G2s , but at 2 or 3 times the cost. > >I've said it before, but here goes again: The Leica will never be obsolete >because it already IS obsolete! The M7 that everyone seems to be >clamoring for will be obsolete the day it leaves the factory floor. > >Dan C. >