Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/03/08

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Canon Woes (why you should buy leica)
From: Dennis <dwp@deltanet.com>
Date: Thu, 08 Mar 2001 06:59:44 -0800
References: <3B04A98A@mail.totalise.co.uk>
 
Simon Ogilvie wrote:

> And how much did you pay for the Canon 50/1.8 and the Leica
> 50 Summicron?  I would expect the Canon is under $100 while
> the Leica lens is nearer $800 and now you know part of the
> reason why...  You still have a manual focus Canon lens ;-)

IMO this is NOT about the price you pay for the product but about a
manufacture's commitment to its customers. After all the manufacture is not
expected to fix the lens for free. Maybe it will cost as much to repair as its
original price but Canon removed that option from Gary. Effectively Canon
converted what was a useful object to junk.

Dennis
In reply to: Message from Simon Ogilvie <simonogilvie@totalise.co.uk> (Re: [Leica] Canon Woes (why you should buy leica))