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

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Subject: [Leica] will you ever buy another leica body?
From: kididdoc at cox.net (Steve Barbour)
Date: Thu Sep 25 10:58:51 2008
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On Sep 25, 2008, at 10:35 AM, Sonny Carter wrote:

> On Thu, Sep 25, 2008 at 12:13 PM, <red735i@earthlink.net> wrote:
>
>
>>  We also hear that if we actually mention that Leica is over  
>> priced, we
>> get slammed for "dissing"....
>
>
> I don't think anyone slams people for giving their opinion on the  
> pricing.
> It is the constant harping against the Leica company, over and over  
> from the
> same people.
>
> The price is what it is, just as with certain brands of Scotch,  
> neckties,
> cars, computers.  Hand made anything costs a lot to produce per  
> unit. You
> want it, and can afford to get it, then you should be able to with out
> constant criticism.
>
> I was not the earliest adopter, but I was in the first six months.    
> It is
> no heartache to me to use a filter on the camera.  I rarely  
> encounter a need
> for anything over 640 ISO.
>
> I love my M8, and nothing on the M8.2 appeals enough to me to part  
> with this
> one.
>
> This one camera replaced two Leica M7's.  I almost came out of the  
> deal
> even.   This camera made me realize that a couple of my lenses  
> actually
> needed tuning, because the film cameras have enough slop in their  
> back focus
> that I didn't see the problem.
>
> Yes the camera is expensive.  We just don't need to be periodically  
> told
> that.  We know it, and most of us early people have amortized the  
> expense
> through tax (if pros) and film/processing savings.  Friday flowers, my
> weekly gift to the world, cost me about $600 a year in film/ 
> processing.  My
> picture a week was at least that.   After four years of use I will  
> have
> about paid for my camera there.


yup...what he said,

Steve


>
>
> -- 
> Regards,
>
> Sonny
> http://www.sonc.com
> Natchitoches, Louisiana
> USA
>
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In reply to: Message from red735i at earthlink.net (red735i@earthlink.net) ([Leica] will you ever buy another leica body?)
Message from sonc.hegr at gmail.com (Sonny Carter) ([Leica] will you ever buy another leica body?)