Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/04/23

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Subject: [Leica] 35/1.4 pre-Asph M Hood
From: alal at duke.poly.edu (A. Lal)
Date: Sun Apr 23 20:20:23 2006
References: <3.0.2.32.20060422191605.0287ae7c@pop.infionline.net><000001c66656$541068e0$656c0e44@newukolbqveo9i><"3.0.2.32.2006042 2182911.02990710"@pop.infionline.net><3.0.2.32.20060422191605.0287ae7c@pop.infionline.net> <3.0.2.32.20060422234703.02559058@pop.infionline.net>

A bizarre response.

Why do you think US $6-8 is cheap for a step up/down ring? After all, how 
much could it possibly cost to mass produce an aluminium tube with flanges 
and screw threads at each end?

And how do you know, a priori, this is junk?

I thought the prices were
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Marc James Small" <msmall@aya.yale.edu>
To: "Leica Users Group" <lug@leica-users.org>
Sent: Saturday, April 22, 2006 11:47 PM
Subject: Re: [Leica] 35/1.4 pre-Asph M Hood


> At 09:09 AM 4/23/06 +0530, Jayanand Govindaraj wrote:
>>Marc,
>>$35!! I can buy a camera for that ;-) . The best place to buy non
>>branded generic accessories like stepping rings, body caps, lens caps,
>>lens hoods etc is (this is where I buy a lot of stuff)
>>
>>http://stores.ebay.in/Photo-Video-Accessories
>>
>>
> With all respect, the stuff from Harrison and Harrison is really strong,
> US-made, material.  It is nto the sort of foreign cheap crap which we find
> in most US camrea stores.  Pay for junk, you get junk.  Buy quality, you
> get quality.  I forget the name of that jerky Japanese firm that sold
> Hasselblad filter adapters a decade back.  I used to have to buy another
> every month because they failed so often.  H&H stuff is QUALITY stuff: 
> the
> rings I bought in 1993 still work properly today.
>
> Once the Indians learn that quality sells, they too will have a place in
> this but in the meantime, I can only say that they are bitplayers without 
> a
> track record.
>
> Marc
>
>
> msmall@aya.yale.edu
> Cha robh b?s fir gun ghr?s fir!
>


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