Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/12/19
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I usta be an expert when I was your age too. On Fri, Dec 19, 2008 at 6:30 PM, Yama Nawabi <mknawabi.lug@gmail.com> wrote: > Au contraire! The technology used in the M8 relative to other cameras is > rubbish. What Dante meant is that you are charging a lot for an engine that > is old. I agree with him, but you guys can argue all you want! > > -Yama > > > Seth Rosner wrote: > >> Dante, with great respect, you utterly disqualify your comment and reveal >> your lack of knowledge of product by equating the Leica M8 to an >> (obsolete) >> Honda Civic. What rubbish. >> >> Seth >> >> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dante Stella" <dstella1@ameritech.net >> > >> To: "Leica Users Group" <lug@leica-users.org> >> Sent: Friday, December 19, 2008 7:07 PM >> Subject: Re: [Leica] un-believable >> >> >> I don't even think Leica is even in the same class the US auto >>> industry - which has as good technology as anyone's but has been >>> struggling mightily with product mix and cost-effective production. >>> More importantly, the prices are not out of scale. Leica, on the >>> other hand, doesn't even have the technology - and unless you believe >>> that having Germans assemble it is worth a ton of money,* the prices >>> are way out of line. The equivalent of an M8 in the automotive world >>> would be building a 1997 Civic and selling it today for $60,000. >>> >>> Dante >>> >>> *Assuming Solms and not Portugal does the work. >>> >>> On Dec 19, 2008, at 6:53 PM, Philip Forrest wrote: >>> >>> I don't think it's unbelievable, I think it's hilarious for the >>>> cult-ish status symbol. I love Leica's products (the ones I own) but I >>>> also think that they, like the US auto industry, are desperate due to >>>> lack of innovation and foresight. My M4 will be working long after >>>> Leica is gone and my lenses will as well. I'm happy with that for now. >>>> Phil Forrest >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Leica Users Group. >>>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >>>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Leica Users Group. >>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >>> >> >> >> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> >> >> >> >> No virus found in this incoming message. >> Checked by AVG - http://www.avg.com >> Version: 8.0.176 / Virus Database: 270.9.19/1857 - Release Date: >> 12/19/2008 10:09 AM >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > -- Regards, Sonny http://www.sonc.com http://sonc.stumbleupon.com/ Natchitoches, Louisiana USA