Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/06/13
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Of course it does, Gene - because it's digital. But it's abt the price of a Dmr and body, but is built like a tank, isn't retrofitted, has a full-frame 16 mgp sensor, full frame viewfinder, and what more do you need to know. Besides, Gene...the question isn't whether there are any other over priced cameras, it's is the MD's price point realistic. ;-) But what the heck, you can always just throw some film in your JOBoh! Speaking of which...while the announcement says someone will keep producing spare parts and tanks, if I was dependant on one of those suckers I'd stock up now on spare parts for a lifetime. ...... Original Message ....... On Tue, 13 Jun 2006 00:02:54 EDT Grduprey@aol.com wrote: >In a message dated 6/7/2006 11:53:28 AM Central Daylight Time, >bdcolen@comcast.net writes: >So when a Canon 5D full-frame camera costs $3.2K, and a 20D is, >what, $1300, and so on, a price of $5K is insane for what one is buying - >whether or not it mounts Leica glass > > >And Canon is also selling a pretty fair amount of 1Ds's at $8K also. Seems >just as crazy to me. > >gene > >_______________________________________________ >Leica Users Group. >See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information ___ Sent from handheld device. Please forgive any typos or spelling errors.