Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/11/06
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Maybe because he does not have $5K sitting around to spend on a digital camera? You do not need to test drive a $5K camera to know this.... He did allow for pros to make it worthwhile for their purposes ( making a living)..... I don't get it.... why is there a predilection on this list to be only interested in a professional point of view, yet most of the subscribers are amateurs? You want the truth? The thing is priced $3.5K to 4.5K more than I want to spend on a digital camera, SLR or RF, Leica or Nikon ( I have a Nikon F4 with lenses). I could care less what features it has compared to N or C or anyone else. I just do not have $5K sitting around either for this or any other digital camera. Plus the time and money to purchase SW, learn that software, get a color printer, etc. It is just simply not in the cards for me, and I suspect a lot of other LUG members. If I were a pro, the decision making process would be different. Try to be realistic and sensitive to us amateurs that are not rich enough or who make the decision to NOT purchase the most recent whiz bang thing from Leica. Frank Filippone red735i@earthlink.net >I know people will say 'rangefinder' or 'Leica' but the bang for the >buck is just not there as a photographic tool, IMHO. On the other >hand, it qualifies extremely well as an inexpensive piece of >handmade jewellery..... >Cheers >Jayanand How can you say this when you haven't even used one? Mine certainly won't be jewelery. I'll use it to make my living, along with my SLRs. Rangefinders are better for some uses and the M8 is a rangefinder. Tina