Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/10/12
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]> > From: B. D. Colen [mailto:bdcolen@earthlink.net] > > > > I feel that because a camera like the F5 offers the > > photographer so many technological options, the F5 is a > > better value for the photographer who is going to avail > > him or herself of those options. > > But isn't that a bit of a tautology, B. D.? You seem to be > saying that a > person places a higher value on those things he values more... > > So if I value quietness, relative compactness and simplicity > of operation, > then that makes the M a much better value to me than the F5. > Of course I'm > in the minority of consumers, because I'll actually pay more > to get less - > less noise, less size, less weight, fewer buttons and dials, > less crud in > the viewfinder, less stuff to think about when I should be watching my > subject. To me that lack of stuff is what makes the M a better value. > > But, this is really only rebeating the dead horse of personal > value systems, > and I haven't seen him twitch in a while on this list :-) > > Paul Chefurka > Oh, that horse is daid!...And I agree with you in a cosmic sense...And I think we also value the same things in our photographic instrumenets. But when the vast majority of folks out there make buying decisions, they're generally looking for technobang - whirrrrrr!!! Chachunk! Chachunk! Chachunk! - for the buck...The bigger the swiss army knife, the more it's worth to them....Me, I prefer the basic single blade model, single accessory model...