Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/02/26

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Subject: [Leica] Why N and C anyway !!
From: masonster at gmail.com (David Mason)
Date: Sat Feb 26 07:01:56 2005
References: <000601c51bb4$1a85b280$6501a8c0@dorysrusp4> <208ece1b4ef6d19a49b54f98904fa1a1@earthlink.net> <4dccee3d0502252040277fdeff@mail.gmail.com> <71381b53623b22814c96eb882790fa90@ncable.net.au>

Simply because Leica hasn't done jack-s**t except put out a program to
pick a new color for a camera coming in for a few thousand dollars?
That's my guess.


On Sat, 26 Feb 2005 17:20:18 +1100, Alastair Firkin
<firkin@ncable.net.au> wrote:
> to be quite honest, why are we discussing Nikons and Canons, the serial
> numbers for which mean nothing to me. Is there no discussion about
> Nikon anywhere else ;-)
> 
> On 26/02/2005, at 3:40 PM, David Mason wrote:
> 
> > Well my d100 still works great so I'm not screaming for a new one. I
> > have had only one really large and annoying complaint about the d100
> > and I still don't understand Nikon's motives: To get newer firmware
> > for the d100 the owner must ship it to Nikon. I don't know if you are
> > aware, but Nikon isn't exactly a J.D. Power & Assc. candidate for best
> > customer support so the thought of sending it is... well, its not a
> > thought. This is the only dslr that requires such action for updating
> > firmware and it makes no sense... at all! I mean, it has a USB
> > cable... I have Internet access... every other Nikon is
> > downloadable-firmware capable - so, um... why?
> >
> > To be completely fair to Nikon, Canon ain't no shining example of
> > customer communication either.
> >
> >
> > Dave
> >
> > On Fri, 25 Feb 2005 20:13:37 -0800, Feli <feli2@earthlink.net > wrote:
> >
> >> And what is the deal with the D100? That camera should have been
> >> replaced 6-12 months ago. Where is the D200 or D90 or whatever they
> >> are
> >> going to call it? Every Nikon digital shooter I run into is screaming
> >> bloody murder about this. There is a huge cap between the D70 and the
> >> D2x or D2HS.
> >>
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> >
> >
> Alastair
> 
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In reply to: Message from dorysrus at mindspring.com (Don Dory) ([Leica] Nikon D2X, or wait for the actual production models)
Message from feli2 at earthlink.net (Feli) ([Leica] Nikon D2X, or wait for the actual production models)
Message from masonster at gmail.com (David Mason) ([Leica] Nikon D2X - now D100)
Message from firkin at ncable.net.au (Alastair Firkin) ([Leica] Why N and C anyway !!)