[Leica] Leica lenses over-priced ? I don't think so.

[Lucien <lucien@ubi.edu>]

B.D. I don't agree.

I'm sure that same lens made by Canon or Nikon will cost the same price
or more.

And the Contax G lens even if the results are really similar,
are not build at all in the same manner.
Take a M 35/2 Summicron and a Contax G 35/2, both with lens
hood, in your hand and then put it on a camera.
After that I don't think you will say that it worth the same price.

BTW it's not a fair comparaison because the G 35/2 is the only G lens
which is not a top lens, not at the level of the Summicron anyway.


B. D. Colen wrote:
> 
> > The following statement does not make sense to me???
> >
> > >> I bought the Leica *because* it is a Leica, as much as I bought it
> > >> because of its qualities as a camera.  Sometimes, I'd just
> > like a little
> > >> more camera and a little less Leica for my money.
> >
> > More gadgets? Less quality? Less serviceability?
> >
> > What does "less Leica" mean?
> >
> > Jim
> Allow me to wade in here....I think what is meant by less Leica is less
> price charged for the Red Dot. No one can challenge the fact that the M
> cameras are absolutely superb mechanical rangefinders, and that the optics
> are world class. On the other hand, from everything I have read and heard,
> the optics for the Contax G2 are also world class, and they are a fraction
> of the cost of the Leica lenses - which suggests that with the Leica one is
> paying for the name, for the fact that the product is made in a higher cost
> labor market - which is Leica's lookout, not ours, etc.
> 
> As to the R cameras. Yes they are terrifically well made. Yes they are
> serviceable. Yes the optics are terrific. But are the optics enough MORE
> terrific than the top Canon and Nikon optics? If they were, I'd wager more
> working pros would use them than do, because there would be more of a demand
> for that quality.
> 
> I think we on this list often lose sight of the fact that it is no longer
> 1954, and the photo equipment industry is no longer dominated by the
> Germans. Yes, Leicas are mythically wonderful cameras.
> 
> But they are over-priced. :-)

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Lucien
Brussels - Belgium