Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/11/06
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Hi Dave, Interesting info indeed. Looks like some great photography on your site, too, but it seems to be on such a slow server? Takes ages to load a page. Real shame for your photography. Thanks for showing, Philippe Op 6-nov-07, om 18:24 heeft David Rodgers het volgende geschreven: > Leonard wrote: > >>> I'm afraid with the depreciating dollar and Leica's increased >>> prices, > > it's getting very difficult to afford new Leica equipment.<< > > I just happened to have a Leica price list from 1992. I'll bet you > could > peruse early LUG messages from shortly after that time and you'll > discover similar laments. It goes with the territory, I'm afraid. > Granted they're list prices, but still! > > http://www.purplehen.com/leica/leica92pl.pdf > > > Since moving to NC a couple of years ago most of my spare time has > been > spent playing golf rather than photographing. However, lately I've > been > photographing golf courses, a melding of the two passions. I was in > the > market for a laser rangefinder recently. They're really handy for > getting the exact shot distance to the pin. Some people use GPS units, > but I prefer laser rangefinders. I tried a lot of different units from > Bushnell, to Nikon, to Leupold. The best by far, of course, was the > Lieca 1200. But it also cost two to three times as much as other > units. > > I didn't buy the Leica. I regret it every time I look through the > viewfinder of the unit I purchased. The one I bought works great. > But it > isn't a Leica! I'll probably end up buying the Leica at some point. I > never should have tested it. Leica is always difficult to afford, > but.... > Everyone here knows what I'm talking about. > > DaveR > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >