Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/01/17
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On Jan 17, 2005, at 7:15 AM, B. D. Colen wrote: > :-) > There is a difference, however, between the O and the SP...The SP is an > eminently useable camera - and one with a fanatical following. I'd be > willing to make one of my finance-risking $5 bets with someone that, > unlike the S3, the SP will sell out - and at the ridiculous price > Nikon's charging, I'd assume they'll make some money on it. > I think you are right. This one will sell. I'm not a Nikon fanatic, but even the gearhead in me went "oooohhhhhh.....a SP....". But $7000 bucks is too rich for me. Besides, you have to shoot that 35 it comes with, through that squinty little, non parallax corrected auxiliary window. How primitive. ;-) > And here's a wild thought for you... > Could Nikon be testing the waters for a re-entry into the rangefinder > market? Maybe. They would have the WHOLE market to themselves, as everyone else scrambled to catch up. feli ________________________________________________________ feli2@earthlink.net 2 + 2 = 4 www.elanphotos.com