[Leica] S2 vs. 645D

[afirkin at afirkin.com (afirkin at afirkin.com)]

> In 2006, my grandmother bought a new car. She had a 1987 Ford Escort that
> she had bought new. She has money but is tightfisted, so when she bought
> the Escort, she went to the local Ford dealer and said she wanted the
> cheapest new car on the lot. Then she paid cash for it.
>
> She hated that Escort the entire time she had it. It was a little tin-can
> shitbox that rode rough, had no engine power, was claustrophobically small
> inside, and God help you if you get in a wreck with someone driving a big
> car! She bitched about that Escort the whole time she had it, and when she
> replaced it in 2006, she swore she was going to buy a nicer car.
>
> She didn't want to spend too much though. She looked at the Ford Focus,
> the successor to the Escort and a better built car, though still a crappy
> econo-tincan, and she looked at a Taurus, a nice midsize car. The Taurus
> was $3000 more than the Focus. That was just $3000 too much and the old
> cheapskate bought the Focus, once again paying the full cost of the
> brand-new car in cash.
>
> My grandma has done nothing but BITCH incessantly to everyone who will
> listen about what a piece of shit her car is, and how much she hates it
> because its too small, rides rough, has no power, and she feels unsafe in
> it. Sound familiar? Yeah, same complaints she had about her last new car,
> the 87 Escort.
>
> Seriously, if you're already spending $10+ thousand, a couple thousand
> more for a better camera is worth it.
>
>
> Lesson: Spend the money and get the right camera.

Great story: I really do need to make sure there is not too much left over
for the 'estate'. I've loved my car can can't part with it: especially
when it makes an S2 look cheap to replace the older model.

Cheers

Alastair