RE: [Leica] lower classes don't use leicas?

[leica@davidmorton.org]

B. D. Colen 

"Have to disagree here...While Leica doesn't seem as interested as N & C
in serious pro support, you have to consider that  - one, the Ms are
certainly more reliable and longer lived than the current generation of
M&C equipment; and, second, and most important, if it's the best tool
for a given photographer, it's the best tool, no matter what the
company's attitude may be."

Doesn't seem as interested? How about isn't interested to the *slightest*
degree?

In the UK Leica has *NO* loan stock for working pros with deadlines to meet
who might have problems with gear. None, zip, nada, nothing. The repair turn
around time is laughable, and while there are one or two rental places they
keep *very* little gear.

If a Nikon lens or body fails, you call Nikon and give them your VIP number
and you get a loaner while yours is repaired.

If the same thing happens with a Leica part you either a) do the job with
your Nikon kit or 
b) buy a new one (planning to sell either it or the old one after the repair
is completed). 

- -- 
David Morton
dmorton@journalist.co.uk

"The more opinions you have, the less you see." -- Wim Wenders.