[Leica] Monochrome II and III

[mark at rabinergroup.com (Mark Rabiner)]

Perhaps we should look at our digital gear for what it can do for us.  The
results.
And not how they compare to other gear which comes out later.
But we just look at the prints and jpegs we'd made with the camera.
And know that they can't take those away from us. Its out body of work.
The whole thing gets easier and less stressful and more fun and just makes
more sense if it becomes all about the work. And not all about the price of
camera bellies on a Thursday.... Buying and selling with little to show for
it was easier to do in the film days perhaps. But it was still a loosing
proposition as it still made little sense.
Why not just collect? That at least shows you value the gear. You're not
just renting it in effect till you can pass it off again.

Mark William Rabiner
Photography
http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/lugalrabs/


> From: Douglas Nygren <douglasnygren at yahoo.com>
> Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org>
> Date: Thu, 30 Aug 2012 18:10:03 -0700 (PDT)
> To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org>
> Subject: Re: [Leica] Monochrome II and III
> 
> What improvements for the Monochrome II and III? Ask Leica.
> 
> Our digital cameras are like computers waiting to be outdated. The 
> Monochrome
> is no exception.
> 
> Its exceptionality is its price, however. Whereas computers don't become 
> ever
> more expensive, Leicas do. One need only look at the increase in price from
> the M8 to the M9 to observe that. The M10 and the M11 will continue that
> trend.
> 
> I wouldn't buy entry anything in the digital world. Things only get better,
> and that occurs relatively fast.
> 
> Once improved, digital things however become quickly dated. Leicas are no
> excpetion to this.
> 
> As I noted in my first posting, Fuji or Olympus may soon produce an even
> better Monochrome--maybe even for 1/5 the price of a Leica.
> 
> IMHO Leica is treating the market as a cash cow.
> 
> Cheers--Doug
> 
> 
> 
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