Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/04/08
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I've heard that you can trade an E49 lens cap for a canoe or a wife in some parts of the world. But all kidding aside, that a plastic 35mm lens hood is $200 or more means that everyone simply shelves the original and buys Heavystar generics on Ebay. Or skips using a hood altogether and blames the flare on Leica's lens design. $100 is not offensive for a nice leather good - so long as it actually does something useful. It would be offensive for an injection molded plastic hood whose tooling was amortized 10 years ago. Dante On Apr 8, 2012, at 10:06, "Frank Filippone" <red735i at earthlink.net> wrote: > You have a camera that has lens accessories such as a plastic lens cap that > cost several hundred bucks.... and you start getting queasy about a strap > that is made by hand and costs $150? > > I doubt the major objection is price.... among the general population of > Leica users... > > But I do agree that the thing seems pretty much a solution looking for a > problem... > > Frank Filippone > Red735i at earthlink.net > > But more so that this is an egregious implementation of what is essentially > a camera strap that costs over $100. I also think the holster is a solution > looking for a problem. > > > The method of carrying the camera DOES look quite comfortable though and > the > load is spread across a broader area (then again I could get a Sears > "hippie > strap" and take care of that.) Again, just my opinion. > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information