Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/02/21
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Hi, They were speaking somewhere about 5000 Swiss Francs (2900 USD) for the M7 whereas the actual CATALOG price in Switzerland for a M6 TTL is 4450 Swiss Francs (2600 USD). We'll see.......... logan. >From: "B. D. Colen" <bdcolen@earthlink.net> >Reply-To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us >To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> >Subject: RE: [Leica] R and M 6 Prices >Date: Thu, 21 Feb 2002 10:00:54 -0500 > >True - But the "average Joe" sure as hell isn't buying Leica Ms or Rs. >Let's >talk apples and oranges. And in this case the apples and oranges are, when >it comes to buying new equipment - and I know there are exceptions - pros, >or very well heeled non-pros. And while there are certainly "middle >class"-healed non-pros who decide to buy a Leica M or R because, by God, >they want to, there are also "middle class"-healed non-pros who acquire >Nikon or Canon "pro" digital cameras, or top-of-the-line SLR equipment. > >The point is that while I certainly don't see the $400-500 bump from an M6 >to an M7 as making either economic or photographic sense for me - based >ONLY >on what I've heard on this list - it is hardly surprising that Leica would >price it that way when introducing it. > >BTW - Rob Schneider = sometimes of this list - tells me that he was >perusing >an Adorama catalogue from about 1994 and, lo and behold!, the M6 listed for >$2400! So that means that in today's dollars it was over $2500 - and it's >then hardly a surprise that the M7 would come in in that neigbhorhood - or >higher. > >B. D. > >-----Original Message----- >From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us >[mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us]On Behalf Of Feliciano >di Giorgio >Sent: Wednesday, February 20, 2002 9:13 PM >To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us >Subject: Re: [Leica] R and M 6 Prices > > >leica@davidmorton.org wrote: > > > > Feliciano di Giorgio writes: > > > > "The majority of digital cameras are priced well below that. Of course > > there > > is the Nikon D1 etc., but now we are talking really big bucks." > > > > > If you know what you're doing the payback on a D1 or D1X is measured in >a > > very small number of months. > >Sure, but I think we were talking about the average joe who doesn't >do this for a living and they are buying digital cameras from $200-1100. > >feli > >-- >________________________________________________________________________ > >When your head is full of dust and tofu it's easy to smile all the time. > -Ethan Ormsby >________________________________________________________________________ > Feli di Giorgio * Compositing Supervisor > feli@d2.com * DIGITAL DOMAIN * (310) 314-2800 ext.3074 >-- >To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > >-- >To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html _________________________________________________________________ Send and receive Hotmail on your mobile device: http://mobile.msn.com - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html