Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/12/17
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Old school = what you see is what you may get New school = what you get may be even better than what you saw. The R9.2 Diesel should reconcile this, to the better half of each stance. Hopefully Phx wildlightphoto@earthlink.net wrote: >Philip Forrest wrote: > > > >>why is it that we have to spend over $2000 to get ACCURATE >>MANUAL FOCUS aids!? On a camera which doesn't have an expected lifespan >>past 3 years of use. This is sickening. >> >> > >Unfortunately you're not the target market. > > > >>This means that by virtue of the fact that I know manual focus exists >>and desire to use it, the manufacturer has made up my mind and assumes >>that I make enough money to be able to afford one of their flagship >>cameras. Hardly. I just like control and I like to manually focus my >>cameras. >> >> > >I believe the problem is that the majority of consumers of the more >affordable cameras are ignorant of the virtues of manual focus, or are >unaware that anything better exists. These consumers are voting with their >currency and the manufacturers are listening. Features per dollar is their >mantra and viewfinder quality is difficult to quantify. > >Doug Herr >Birdman of Sacramento >http://www.wildlightphoto.com > > >-------------------------------------------------------------------- >mail2web.com - Microsoft? Exchange solutions from a leading provider - >http://link.mail2web.com/Business/Exchange > > > > >_______________________________________________ >Leica Users Group. >See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > >