Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/12/21
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Seth, I've owned an M8 for close to two years and do 90% of my digital shooting with it. It suits my needs, but it's no surprise to me that - like an under-featured car - it does not attract many converts in a market driven largely by features. If you have some product knowledge that would change my perspective, I'll listen. Dante On Dec 19, 2008, at 7:27 PM, Seth Rosner wrote: > Dante, with great respect, you utterly disqualify your comment and > reveal your lack of knowledge of product by equating the Leica M8 to > an (obsolete) Honda Civic. What rubbish. > > Seth > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dante Stella" <dstella1@ameritech.net > > > To: "Leica Users Group" <lug@leica-users.org> > Sent: Friday, December 19, 2008 7:07 PM > Subject: Re: [Leica] un-believable > > >> I don't even think Leica is even in the same class the US auto >> industry - which has as good technology as anyone's but has been >> struggling mightily with product mix and cost-effective production. >> More importantly, the prices are not out of scale. Leica, on the >> other hand, doesn't even have the technology - and unless you believe >> that having Germans assemble it is worth a ton of money,* the prices >> are way out of line. The equivalent of an M8 in the automotive world >> would be building a 1997 Civic and selling it today for $60,000. >> >> Dante >> >> *Assuming Solms and not Portugal does the work. >> >> On Dec 19, 2008, at 6:53 PM, Philip Forrest wrote: >> >>> I don't think it's unbelievable, I think it's hilarious for the >>> cult-ish status symbol. I love Leica's products (the ones I own) >>> but I >>> also think that they, like the US auto industry, are desperate due >>> to >>> lack of innovation and foresight. My M4 will be working long after >>> Leica is gone and my lenses will as well. I'm happy with that for >>> now. >>> Phil Forrest >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Leica Users Group. >>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG - http://www.avg.com > Version: 8.0.176 / Virus Database: 270.9.19/1857 - Release Date: > 12/19/2008 10:09 AM > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information