Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/07/20
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Absolutely!!! -----Original Message----- From: lug-bounces+bdcolen=earthlink.net@leica-users.org [mailto:lug-bounces+bdcolen=earthlink.net@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of David Mason Sent: Tuesday, July 20, 2004 11:53 AM To: Leica Users Group Subject: Re: [Leica] Epson R-D1 price revealed (digest 408) Now a Weber Grill Users Group mailing list is something I could cheer for! The WUG!! No flame-ups, great heat control, and (in mine) a generous amount of grilling real estate - a must. Dave On Tue, 20 Jul 2004 11:43:26 -0400, B. D. Colen <bdcolen@earthlink.net> wrote: > I just don't have any emotional investment in the brand name, the > company, or it's future success - or future for that matter - any more > than I do in the company that makes Webber barbecue grills even though > I own a Webber. ;-) And, quite frankly, I think that anyone who buys > Leica products simply because they ARE Leica and carry the name Leica > is pretty damn foolish. :-) > > B. D. > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: lug-bounces+bdcolen=earthlink.net@leica-users.org > [mailto:lug-bounces+bdcolen=earthlink.net@leica-users.org] On Behalf > Of grduprey@rockwellcollins.com > Sent: Tuesday, July 20, 2004 10:31 AM > To: lug@leica-users.org > Subject: RE: [Leica] Epson R-D1 price revealed (digest 408) > > B. D. > > Come on now, we all know that you would not buy another Leica. Unless > it was at least 10 years ahead of the competition, and selling at half > the price of the competition! ;-) > > Gene > > |---------+--------------------------------------------------------> > | | "B. D. Colen" <bdcolen@earthlink.net> | > | | Sent by: | > | | lug-bounces+grduprey=rockwellcollins.com@leic| > | | a-users.org | > | | | > | | | > | | 07/20/2004 09:05 AM | > | | Please respond to Leica Users Group | > | | | > |---------+--------------------------------------------------------> > > >--------------------------------------------------------------------- > >-- > -----------------| > | > | > | To: "'Leica Users Group'" <lug@leica-users.org> > | > | cc: > | > | Subject: RE: [Leica] Epson R-D1 price revealed (digest 408) > | > > >--------------------------------------------------------------------- > >-- > -----------------| > > Right. But we're not buying D-100s, we'd be buying Rd-1s...a new > camera...I just want some price in the damn ball park of what the > comparable cameras are, or were when they came out. Which is to say > that there is no way in hell I will ever pay $5K for a Leica digital M > body UNLESS it truly set a new standard for digital capture.... > > -----Original Message----- > From: lug-bounces+bdcolen=earthlink.net@leica-users.org > [mailto:lug-bounces+bdcolen=earthlink.net@leica-users.org] On Behalf > Of Dan C > Sent: Tuesday, July 20, 2004 10:00 AM > To: Leica Users Group > Subject: RE: [Leica] Epson R-D1 price revealed (digest 408) > > But the D100 is NOT $2500 now. It's about $1900 CDN (< $1500 USD) as > advertised at Henry's, and probably a bit less if you shop around. > > And the site where I dug up that price has a banner advertising a $200 > price drop for the Canon 10D (now $1799.99 CAD). > > -dan c. > > At 09:17 AM 20-07-04 -0400, B. D. Colen wrote: > >Agreed. $2500 would be doable - BUT - it has have image quality equal > >to what's being produced by the D60, E-1, and better Nikons if it's > >going to be more than something for play. And the images thus far > >available do NOT meet that standard. Hopefully, by release time they > >will. > > > >-----Original Message----- > >From: lug-bounces+bdcolen=earthlink.net@leica-users.org > >[mailto:lug-bounces+bdcolen=earthlink.net@leica-users.org] On Behalf > >Of > > >Michael E. Berube > >Sent: Monday, July 19, 2004 10:34 PM > >To: lug@leica-users.org > >Subject: Re: [Leica] Epson R-D1 price revealed (digest 408) > > > > > >On Sun, 18 Jul 2004 19:46:04 -0700 (PDT), Photoethnographer Karen > >Nakamura quoth unto the boundless Ether... > >>But it looks unlikely that we'll get it for less than $2500 for the > >>near future. > > > >A lot of us paid $2500 for the new Leica D100 when it came out. A > >(mostly) manual body that has (close to) the same 6.1MP sensor but > >takes my Leitz and Vogtlander glass doesn't seem too out of line. I'd > >rather > have > >a > >useable digital M body that I can use for work AND play than a new > >'quaint but classic' MP or an video display only fixed lens digicam > >with a tiny sensor that I can only really use for play. (Which is how > >my only film cameras left...the > >IIIc and M4P are now assigned.) > > > >I just hope that it becomes widely available here in the States at > >whatever price and that it lives up to its promises. > > > >Be well, > >Michael Eric Berube > >GoodPhotos.com > > > > > > > > > > > > > >_______________________________________________ > >Leica Users Group. > >See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > >_______________________________________________ > >Leica Users Group. > >See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > _______________________________________________ Leica Users Group. 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