Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/03/28
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]- ----- Original Message ----- From: D Khong <dkhong@pacific.net.sg> >There are many reasons why there are so many G2s in dealers' shelves but I >do not think the camera is traded in due to major malfunction or >unreliability. Yes, this appears to be true. In my original post, I didn't mean to suggest that there were mechanical problems with this camera. Sorry if I left that impression. To the contrary, I have heard good reports concerning reliability. My point was as follows: In Japan, from talking to others in my camera club, reading the photographic press (I can read Hirigana and Katakana, and a little Kanji), talking to shop owners, etc., I came to understand that many purchasers were led to think that it would be an inexpensive Leica-M. Indeed, despite one very dubious claim to the contrary, it was marketed as such, treated as such by the press (anyone can verify both of *those* facts), and therefore understandably expected to be such by many purchasers. That is why they started to pop up on the used-equipment shelves. >I have many friends who have bought the G2 thinking that they now have a >Leica M "substitute" in their hands. Many were soon disillusioned because >the M and the G2 are different cameras with differing strengths and >weaknesses. Many have traded in their G2s because the Leica was what they >should have bought in the first place. Amen to that. Regards, Bruce Feldman