Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/01/30

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Subject: [Leica] Erwin reviews new Summilux
From: richard.lists at gmail.com (Richard Man)
Date: Fri Jan 30 15:02:22 2009
References: <9b678e0901290644o695e0ae1ka50c5fd18f2eda52@mail.gmail.com> <C5A8D702.492F6%mark@rabinergroup.com> <7ac27f4f0901301403p7fc91e67jb550958d09f153df@mail.gmail.com> <CB70BDC2-B649-4764-B1A7-213609F21014@mac.com>

I am not referring to the pedestrian 50/1.4 ASPH, 35/2 Summicron, but things
like 90% of the Noctilux owners (yes, we know Tina, Steve, Rei, Ted etc. do
a fantastic job with the Noct they are that 10% ), or 99% who buys the 0.95
Noct etc. They are not investing in the job. They just want the best because
they can.

On Fri, Jan 30, 2009 at 2:44 PM, Tarek Charara <tcharara@mac.com> wrote:

> I don't know, to me buying Leica (or any other brand) is about investing in
> my job (and fortunately for me, in my hobby). It's calculated over 3 to 5
> years and is supposed to a) bring more money, b) make my job easier
>
> Leica gives me tools for my job. I doubt that the comparison with the
> Ferrari applies. Maybe as a hobby, but even then Leica is small change
> compared to a Ferrari...
>
> All the best  from Paris,
>
>

-- 
// richard m: richard @imagecraft.com
// b: http://rfman.wordpress.com

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