Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/07/26
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Richard, It is not the price tag I find out of line, but the combination of the price tag and the problems you have had. If I buy a camera for $3K I expect it to work perfectly out of the box and to stay that way for the duration of a reasonable service life (barring user abuse etc.). When/if Leica comes out with its digital M, I will certainly consider it very carefully, but I will not plonk down any cash until you and others have beta-tested it for me ;-) Nathan Richard wrote: > I am glutton for punishment? > > Well, think of it this way - for "business" reasons, you know, the > business where I made $250 a year taking pictures of costumers, I need a > digital camera. Yes, I know, a Canon Drebel 350XT will probably do the > job as well for $600 or whatever but, well, I have expensive taste. So > anyway, the only way to use my Leica M lens on a digital body right now > is the R-D1. If Leica has swallowed their > pride/stupidity/moron-managers/etc. and came up with a relatively easy > to do 1.5 crop factor digital rangefinder earlier, instead of jumping up > and down for 10 years claiming it can't be done, they could have my > $3000. This is what happens in a monopoly. If you are the only game in > town, you can charge whatever you want. The Canon 30D was... $3000 too, > being the first "affordable" high megapixel DSLR, so Epson in that sense > isn't too far out of line. > > > At 10:37 PM 7/26/2005, Nathan Wajsman wrote: > >> Sorry, but I find it amazing that anyone would accept having to send >> in a camera for repair/replacement 3 times and then accept that he has >> to adjust the rangefinder on the 4th body--and all that while taking >> on average 1500 or so images with each camera? If your experience is >> typical, then I can only conclude that the RD1 is a $3K piece of junk. >> If it is not, then you are certainly the most tolerant customer I have >> ever heard about in any business. If I had this type of trouble, I >> would track down the Cosina distributor and organize a public >> destruction of the camera in front of their building, a la Ted Grant >> with one of his Leicas that also had QC problems. >> >> Nathan >> >> Richard wrote: >> >>> Peter, as we go way back, you know I still have my OM-4T in the >>> drawer with half a dozen of lenses. I have thoughts about selling the >>> 40/2 and others to fund some Leica lust, but decided against it. >>> Anyway, I have a number of friends who got the 20D, 350XT, and even a >>> couple 1Ds, D70 etc. For me though, I bought the R-D1 and never wish >>> I have a DSLR. I guess if I shoot more sports or other things than >>> SLR excels in, it would be different, but the R-D1 satisfies my >>> meager needs for a digital camera. The QC issues are real. I am >>> REALLY happy that I can adjust the vertical VF without sending this >>> last camera (my 4th one) in. All told, I took > 2000 pics on this one >>> already, meaning I have taken ~6000-7000 on four R-D1s since I bought >>> the first one last Thanksgiving. Most are crap pictures of course but >>> it works as well as any digital RF can, at least until Leica releases >>> its mega expensive M-D1 or the fabled Zeiss Ikon (we can only hope). >> >> >> -- >> Nathan Wajsman >> Almere, The Netherlands >> >> General photography: http://www.nathanfoto.com >> Seville photography: http://www.fotosevilla.com >> Stock photography: http://www.alamy.com/search-results.asp?qt=wajsman >> http://myloupe.com/home/found_photographer.php?photographer=507 >> Prints for sale: http://www.photodeluge.com >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> > > // richard (This email is for mailing lists. To reach me directly, > please use richard at imagecraft.com) > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > -- Nathan Wajsman Almere, The Netherlands General photography: http://www.nathanfoto.com Seville photography: http://www.fotosevilla.com Stock photography: http://www.alamy.com/search-results.asp?qt=wajsman http://myloupe.com/home/found_photographer.php?photographer=507 Prints for sale: http://www.photodeluge.com