Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/09/25

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Subject: [Leica] a serious question
From: red735i at earthlink.net (red735i@earthlink.net)
Date: Thu Sep 25 00:16:40 2008

It is not that I disagree with your comments, but I must have missed 
something.  Where are your comments leading to?  What do you want them to do?

I too, will probably never buy another M body.... forget the S2 and probably 
the R family.  They are too expensive for me.  My disposable income would be 
better spent in other arenas.

But back to your comments.... State what you think they should do...

Frank

>
>Because there is no logical reason that a manual focus 50mm lens should
>cost $5000. Most other Leica lenses cost upwards of $3k as well for
>modern optics. This is why they continue to be able to play on the
>world market with companies like Canon and Nikon. Leica's M8 may be
>nice but it's only 1/3 the camera that an EOS 5D is, and for the price
>of the M8, you can get the EOS with a lens. I can go on & on. I love
>the film bodies, love the old lenses, will never afford the new ones
>and probably have no reason to anyways. 
>As long as Leica continues to cater to its core constituency with
>making innovations for the next generation, they will always be on the
>rocks.
>Phil Forrest
>
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