[Leica] Leica prices

[hopsternew at gmail.com (Geoff Hopkinson)]

Thank you George. You expressed my viewpoint perfectly there too.
My Leica gear has cost me a great deal of money, no question and I've been
very fortunate to be able to build up that over the last several years. I
love the photos I make with it  and the way the cameras work to make those
photos.

BW only cameras are surely a niche within an already tiny niche.  Leica
Camera seems to be selling what they can make at the price points they have
set and doing better than for some time. As far as I can see, astute and
successful companies like Fujifilm will design and offer whichever products
they consider  will make them money and/or lift their corporate image in
whatever market niches they like and the availability of the M mount to use
if they want is well established.



Cheers
Geoff
http://www.pbase.com/hoppyman

On 25 September 2014 13:06, George Lottermoser <george.imagist at icloud.com>
wrote:

> These points can can only be appreciated by those who actually "get it."
>
> Photographers and Leica naysayers and market analysts will all talk right
> past each other on these particular tools and their features and their
> costs and their usefulness.
>
> Photographers seeking optimum black and white quality, at a relatively
> "reasonable" price when compared to medium format prices, appreciate the
> size, build, ergonomics, image quality and the continued use of all of
> their Leica system components dating back to the original M mount:
> including lenses, Visoflexes, tubes, bellows, etc.
>
> Perhaps one has to be a steady user since 1965 to appreciate the path from
> M2 to M3 to M6 to M6TTL to M8 to M to M Monchrom - 50 years without break
> in using M cameras. All of the lenses still work on the newest bodies. The
> newest lenses work on the oldest bodies. Both bodies and lenses hold their
> value very well.
>
> You either get or you don't.
>
> For this user it has absolutely nothing to do with "jewelry" or
> "collecting" or some other bullshit. It has to do with image quality, build
> quality, ergonomics, how the tool feels in the hands, and accomplishes the
> intentions of the photographer.
>
> a note off the iPad, George
>
> On Sep 24, 2014, at 9:38 PM, John McMaster <john at mcmaster.co.nz> wrote:
>
> > Meanwhile, everybody who has bought one realises that it is borderline
> unique in what it offers and are more than happy with the results....
> >
> > When it was announced there were many people thinking it would be an
> expensive flop/un-needed, however when the results were seen it was a
> different matter ;-)
>
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