Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/12/03
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At 12:08 AM -0800 12/3/03, Mark Rabiner wrote:
>Jerry Lehrer wrote:
>>
>> Mark
>>
>> Since when has Hermes seen the need to compete pricewise with what
>> they must consider "lesser folks"? They never have before, why should
>> they start now?
>>
>> The only "bullet biting" will be done by those of you that line up to buy
>> that Digi. 2.
>>
>> At least I hope you buy it from Kit. She is the only dealer who is one
>> of us.
>>
>> Jerry
>
>
>I first thought when you said "buy it from Kit" that you thought I was
>going to have to put the darn thing together by myself on a card table
>as in "Heathkit"!
See: http://www.cs.ubc.ca/~szwang/Research/ScanCam/scancam.html
>As far as i know that is not an option for digital cameras yet!!!
>I know of one dealer here I can think of but he's keeping a low profile
>I guess so we'll leave it at that. Might be obvious though.
>
>It is off putting when dealers only pretend to be involved in the list
>so they are one of us when the time comes, Friday. Not sure that's
>better than Mell Levy or Don Chatterton's and others who just give us
>their list on Fridays with not brown nosing.. That's certainly OK with me.
>Thank god for Kit her perspective is inviable. Thanks Kit!
>
>If the damn thing cost too much we can always wait for Canon or Nikon to
>come out with their soon to be following copy cat "analog" digital
>cameras for half the price. But no Leica optics for one.
>"Analog" only in Spirit, Phong! Or feel. Or Je ne sais quoi!
>
>I have squandered, saved, and sold my soul for so many Leica items over
>the decade which would have cost me a fraction had i just gone
>Nikon/Canon that I'm used to it. (GLASS)
>
>Mark Rabiner
>
>Portland, Oregon USA
>http://www.rabinergroup.com
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