Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/01/24
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Walter S Delesandri wrote: > > Mark, thanks for the post. > Well, I love seeing those photos, too, but the stigma DOES exist... > I didn't say that I had any guilt or ill feelings about using > Leica (I use Nikon, too)....I just know what I've heard..... > > My neighbors drive late model cars worth THREE times the value > of my used bodies and lenses, but they "need" that 20K minivan.... > Hell, my truck is MUCH older than my "old" Leicas.... > But yet my neighbor whistles and rolls his eyes when he sees > my Leicas (his golf clubs cost as much, and he's a schoolteacher!!) > > I never understood the mindset that a couple with one kid > "needs" a couple of 20K cars to drive around town, or a > $200K 4 bedroom house to live in (mine cost $39K, and is > plenty nice), but can't possibly "afford" a decent camera > that'll last FIVE TIMES as long as the car!! > > >BUT< .......I at least owe NOTHING except my $351 house payment (!!!) > That's right, no car payment, credits cards paid on the first > of each month, cash in pocket for cameras/radios..... > > But the "stigma" is real...... > > Thanks again, > Walt snip The stigma is certainly real for us users of archaic looking cameras which don't run on batteries with those funny little lenses and larger price tags. People don't also trust anything not made in Japan. They can spend their money on their plastic toys. Mark Rabiner > >