Consumerism [was RE: [Leica] Digital Leica M]

[r.s.taylor at comcast.net (Richard S. Taylor)]

(snip)
>I had a friend who had a big screen TV.... it cost him $4K, he had 
>it for a year, then threw it out when it went bad.  His new
>replacement was less costly ($2700) and bigger.  Made sense to him......
>
>Obviously not me.   I like mechanical cameras. 
>
>Frank Filippone
>red735i@earthlink.net

(snip)

The consumer economy at it's worst - and an astonishing waste of 
energy (think) oil) to boot.  But that's what keeps the economy 
humming.

It makes my teeth grind to think of all the human and physical energy 
wasted when gear like that screen (or a DSLR, to get back on topic) 
is thrown out after so little use.

End of rant.  :-))

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Regards,

Dick