[Leica] Epson R-D1 price revealed (digest 408)

[masonster at gmail.com (David Mason)]

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Dave

On Tue, 20 Jul 2004 11:43:26 -0400, B. D. Colen <bdcolen@earthlink.net> 
wrote:
>  I just don't have any emotional investment in the brand name, the company,
> or it's future success - or future for that matter - any more than I do
> in the company that makes Webber barbecue grills even though I own a
> Webber. ;-) And, quite frankly, I think that anyone who buys Leica
> products simply because they ARE Leica and carry the name Leica is
> pretty damn foolish. :-)
> 
> B. D.
> 
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: lug-bounces+bdcolen=earthlink.net@leica-users.org
> [mailto:lug-bounces+bdcolen=earthlink.net@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of
> grduprey@rockwellcollins.com
> Sent: Tuesday, July 20, 2004 10:31 AM
> To: lug@leica-users.org
> Subject: RE: [Leica] Epson R-D1 price revealed (digest 408)
> 
> B. D.
> 
> Come on now, we all know that you would not buy another Leica.  Unless
> it was at least 10 years ahead of the competition, and selling at half
> the price of the competition!  ;-)
> 
> Gene
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> Right. But we're not buying D-100s, we'd be buying Rd-1s...a new
> camera...I just want some price in the damn ball park of what the
> comparable cameras are, or were when they came out. Which is to say that
> there is no way in hell I will ever pay $5K for a Leica digital M body
> UNLESS it truly set a new standard for digital capture....
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: lug-bounces+bdcolen=earthlink.net@leica-users.org
> [mailto:lug-bounces+bdcolen=earthlink.net@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of
> Dan C
> Sent: Tuesday, July 20, 2004 10:00 AM
> To: Leica Users Group
> Subject: RE: [Leica] Epson R-D1 price revealed (digest 408)
> 
> But the D100 is NOT $2500 now.   It's about $1900 CDN (< $1500 USD) as
> advertised at Henry's, and probably a bit less if you shop around.
> 
> And the site where I dug up that price has a banner advertising a $200
> price drop for the Canon 10D (now $1799.99 CAD).
> 
> -dan c.
> 
> At 09:17 AM 20-07-04 -0400, B. D. Colen wrote:
> >Agreed. $2500 would be doable - BUT - it has have image quality equal
> >to what's being produced by the D60, E-1, and better Nikons if it's
> >going to be more than something for play. And the images thus far
> >available do NOT meet that standard. Hopefully, by release time they
> >will.
> >
> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: lug-bounces+bdcolen=earthlink.net@leica-users.org
> >[mailto:lug-bounces+bdcolen=earthlink.net@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of
> 
> >Michael E. Berube
> >Sent: Monday, July 19, 2004 10:34 PM
> >To: lug@leica-users.org
> >Subject: Re: [Leica] Epson R-D1 price revealed (digest 408)
> >
> >
> >On Sun, 18 Jul 2004 19:46:04 -0700 (PDT), Photoethnographer Karen
> >Nakamura quoth unto the boundless Ether...
> >>But it looks unlikely that we'll get it for less than $2500 for the
> >>near future.
> >
> >A lot of us paid $2500 for the new Leica D100 when it came out. A
> >(mostly) manual body that has (close to) the same 6.1MP sensor but
> >takes my Leitz and Vogtlander glass doesn't seem too out of line. I'd
> >rather
> have
> >a
> >useable digital M body that I can use for work AND play than a new
> >'quaint but classic' MP or an video display only fixed lens digicam
> >with a tiny sensor that
> >I can only really use for play. (Which is how my only film cameras
> >left...the
> >IIIc and M4P are now assigned.)
> >
> >I just hope that it becomes widely available here in the States at
> >whatever price and that it lives up to its promises.
> >
> >Be well,
> >Michael Eric Berube
> >GoodPhotos.com
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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