Re: [Leica] Qualitative difference; Was: Guess the Lens

["Stuart Phillips" <stuart.phillips@rcn.com>]

You lefts Tilleys off the list...

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Qualitative difference; Was: Guess the Lens


> icommag@toad.net writes:
>
> > as offensive as it may be to our sensitivities,
>
> I'm really unclear why it is offensive to sensitivities. Or to anything
else.
>
> > there are some people who actually will pay $80,000 for a Porsche
because
> they
> >  LIKE them. Oh the horror! They could do the same thing with a Miata for
a
> >  1/4 of the price.
>
> Uh-oh. Here we go. No, no and no. Drive a Porsche and a Miata and you have
a
> qualitatively different experience. The Miata is a marvelous sports car,
> delivers  wonderful performance at an extraordinary price. But don't say
> "they" could do the same thing driving a Porshe and a Miata.
>
> And don't say that because you can make a wonderful image with a 35mm
> Cosina/Voigtlander, that it is the same thing as a 35 ASPH Summicron. The
> image will not be the same and the Cosina is not likely to be delivering
> anything in 36 years while my 36 year-old 35 Summicron is still cranking
out
> very beautiful images as is my 44 year-old DR Summicron.
>
> And a friend of mine is today having  joyous driving experiences in a 1961
> Porsche Super 90 identical to the one I drove in Paris 41 years ago.
>
> > What possess people to do such things?
>
> The tactile pleasure of using the best tool for any endeavor, car, camera,
> lens, fountain pen, rod and reel, firearm or business suit. And knowing
that
> it will last and very possibly, despite the high initial expense, turn out
to
> be cheaper in the long run.
>
> Got it?
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