Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2013/02/03
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]The thing is, there are already premium quality compacts out there for those who are not hung up on sensor size, and they make images you will NOT be able to tell apart from so-called "full frame" cameras. $3K for a point and shoot is an absurd price and I doubt very many photographers (as opposed to rich neck jewelry lovers) will buy one. Nathan Wajsman Alicante, Spain http://www.frozenlight.eu http://www.greatpix.eu PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws Blog: http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/ YNWA On Feb 3, 2013, at 8:53 AM, Mark Rabiner wrote: > There are people with a huge amount of money in the bank who none the less > buy what is a priority for them. They don't buy everything. But It would > not have to be a high priority perhaps for them to afford many things. > > And there are people, photographers, who make not all that money but a > camera of course is the highest priority item they have on their little > list > of more limited resources. > > I think for many of those a premium quality compact was/is high on their > list. > It was in the past Millennium with premium film compacts. Every pro I knew > had at least one. And often had them with them. And used them. And printed > the pictures which could make it into their portfolios. >