Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/07/28
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]And here I am going through rolls of negatives, trying to pick out a decent shot for each week I was a way. Most taken with a Leica and I seem to be getting worse and worse. No value for my money here. I can comfort myself with the fact that I put out my money years ago and they actually have paid for themselves. If I manage to get a good shot now, it's just a bonus, right? All this going on back and forth. I've been wondering. Why do I like Leicas? Negatives with my Nikkors are just as nice, different, but a-ok. It's the "click" they make. I like quiet cameras. It might be that they are so quiet because they are made so well. Could be. But it is that soft "click" that keeps me coming back to them. I guess it's just summer ... we haven't had a lot of other things to bang around. Daniel On Mon, 28 Jul 2003, Douglas Herr wrote: > Frank Filippone <red735i@earthlink.net> wrote: > > > > > Hey Guys and Gals... the fact that the top is not engraved > > has nothing to do with using the camera. It has to do with > > getting a proper value for your $2500.... Can you imnagine > > what you would say if Leica produced their new whoopie doo > > lens with a plastic barrel? Even if it were more stable, more > > break resisitant, etc.. I could hear the screams now..... So > > look at this issue as one of value for money, not a > > useability issue.... > > so what is 'value for money' - especially when the item in question is a Leica? IMHO 'value for money' is highly subjective. I might value a bright viewfinder, analog meter readout and continuously-variable shutter, someone else values automated features, which I despise. The other guy will get more value for the money with a Konica, I'd get more for my money with an M5. > > For $2,500 I'd want a camera that works perfectly and stays out of my way. Engraved script on the top plate would be kewl but as long as the numbers on the various dials and rings stay readable the technology or process used to put them there means little to me. > > Doug Herr > Birdman of Sacramento > http://www.wildlightphoto.com > -- > 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