Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/11/06

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Subject: [Leica] 2500 ISO
From: jgovindaraj at eth.net (Jayanand Govindaraj)
Date: Mon Nov 6 23:20:24 2006
References: <00c401c70155$4d761260$6401a8c0@FrankDell2> <454EB466.3090205@eth.net> <7.0.1.0.2.20061106070325.024ecdb0@infoave.net> <454FDF93.7050900@eth.net> <454FFF5C.4090101@waltjohnson.com> <001101c70227$c5ba4ed0$a302a8c0@ted> <4550115E.9010405@eth.net> <B7F3D76B-618D-4649-8CEF-61D1B1EAAD33@btinternet.com>

Frank,
I disagree with you as far as cameras, computers etc are concerned - if 
you are a heavy user, you will end up swapping them every 3 years or so. 
We do that for cars here too, but that is more a reflection of the 
depreciation caused by the quality of roads.
Cheers
Jayanand


Frank Dernie wrote:

> not necessarily. The main reason why modern cars are more reliable  
> than old ones is the improved reliability of things like electronic  
> fuel injection over carburettors. Electronic shutters are more  
> accurate, more reliable and very much cheaper than mechanical ones.
> I prefer mechanical myself but electronics is inherently more reliable.
> Frank
>
> On 7 Nov, 2006, at 04:53, Jayanand Govindaraj wrote:
>
>> Ted,
>> But that was for a mechanical camera that would last a lifetime,  not 
>> an electronic gizmo with a limited shelf life.  Things will go  wrong 
>> with PCBs...
>> Cheers
>> Jayanand
>>
>>
>> Ted Grant wrote:
>>
>>> Walt Johnson offered:
>>> Subject: Re: [Leica] 2500 ISO
>>>
>>>>>> I absolutely couldn't agree with you more about these new M8's. If
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>> someone could show me a real advantage to $5000 cameras maybe.<<<<
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Hi Walt,
>>> Yeah it's expensive, but slip back a few years.... maybe late  '50's 
>>> early '60 and buying a Leica was considered.... "Holy Cow  you paid 
>>> what for that little thing?" attitude amongst the press  guys I 
>>> worked with.
>>>
>>> But I had to have one, then another and another as my tools making  
>>> my assignment ratio climb like crazy.  And I had lots of economic  
>>> arguments about spending money for bodies and lenses, but!  I  began 
>>> to shoot better photographs, see differently and shot where  others 
>>> feared to shoot without blasting a twinkie light or two.
>>>
>>> As often as I've had to swallow hard at the Leica price on many  
>>> occasions, it's always been the "value of the tool" and not what  it 
>>> cost. It's what it allowed me to do that counted, period.
>>>
>>> Yep 5 grand will buy you a lot of tri-x. But if you don't have the  
>>> right tools at hand that allow you to shoot what motivates you,  
>>> then the film is a throw away. No?
>>>
>>> And like you I can't imagine wrecking an M8 as I too would cry all  
>>> the way to the repair shop, bank, and pharmacist. Or maybe that  
>>> should be... Bank, repair shop and padded cell! ;-)
>>>
>>> ted
>>>
>>>
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