Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/12/14
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vicmalta@earthlink.net jotted down the following:
> I noticed in a recent thread that the R-8 was more or less refered
> to as "esoteric" equipment. Now sonny, as far as I'm concerned, the
> EOS1v is esoteric, with all those buttons, symbols , custom options
> and the like.
Esoteric means "available to a small group only". Typically, this refers to
knowledge, but it can refer to other means too. I was the "sonny" who wrote
the passage you were referring to and I didn't mean esoteric in the
knowledge sense, but rather in the sense of cost. I'd agree, the EOS 1v
certainly is esoteric, in both senses, but I feel quite justified in calling
any camera body with a typical retail price of over $1,500 esoteric and the
Leica -- with its associated lens cost -- doubly so.
M.
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