Re: [Leica] lower classes don't use leicas?

["Steve LeHuray" <icommag@toad.net>]

> Tim Atherton wrote:
> 
> "As for backup camera, I live and work in the Canadian sub-arctic - there is
> no such thing as a quick turnaround on anything - courier to anywhere is 2-3
> days if you are lucky and will cost an arm and a leg. Summer dust and winter
> cold are hard on any camera (as well as batteries dying and/or shutters and
> lenses seizing up in the cold) so, as a pro I ALWAYS have backups."
>
> Sure everyone has spares for stuff they rely on.

<<snip>>
>
> If the look you use often depends on a Nocti or a 75mm 'lux, and something
> goes wrong with that lens, you're a bit stuck if you can't get it fixed in a
> timely manner.
>
> In my case the lack of the 75mm f1.4 would mean using the 85mm f1.4 Nikkor
> (so I do have a 'spare' in one sense), which isn't a disaster, but it
> doesn't look the same at all. The alternative would be - as I said in my
> original post - buying another 75mm f1.4 and selling it (or the repaired
> lens) when the repair was complete.
>
> Do folk here *really* have more than one Nocti or 75 'lux to protect
> themselves against accident or failure?

Could it depend on how much money this gear is making for you?

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