Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/05/26
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search];-) - -----Original Message----- From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us] On Behalf Of Bob Adler Sent: Sunday, May 25, 2003 9:52 PM To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us Subject: Re: [Leica] Frank Van Ripper's Love Note to Leica- Though superficial and technically vacuous, I enjoyed the article. Thanks for posting B.D. Bob - --- bdcolen <bdcolen@earthlink.net> wrote: > http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/photo/essays/vanRiper/index.htm > > The Washington Post's photo columnist waxes eloquent > over the MP... > > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us] On > Behalf Of Gary > Williams > Sent: Sunday, May 25, 2003 7:04 PM > To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > Subject: Re: [Leica] Oh ... It's COMING SOON! :-) > > > Subject: RE: [Leica] Oh ... It's COMING SOON! :-) > > > > That's true - in terms of supporting the user > base. Of course the > > question is - how much of the user base, having > invested in the glass > > and the bodies, can afford to pay such an > extraordinarily high price > > for a digital add-on - to only the R8-R9s...don't > forget, buy doing > > this, they will NOT be support the user base with > all the earlier > > reflexes - YOU folks would have to pay, what > $1600-2000 on TOP of the > > cost of the back? So you'd be paying almost $10K > for a digital 35 mm > > camera that isn't full-frame, when you can get an > amazingly good Canon > > > 10D for...$1500? Is that really supporting the > user base? > > The $7.5K price tag for the RD is still a > rumor---like the RD itself. > And as for supporting its base, there are limits to > how far back one can > go. > > RD or not, with my resources if I were burning up to > get into R digital, > no question I would get a Canon 10D for $1500 and a > Novoflex EOS-R > adapter. But I'm ok for now--when I can stop > laughing about the Contax > ND. I just > found one on-line in EX++ condition for $3495. > Whew, it was $6999 not > too > long ago. It does not pay to be on the bleeding > edge. > > Gary > > -- > 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 ===== Bob Adler Palo Alto, CA rgacpa@pacbell.net - -- 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