Leicas are great for a certain type of use, but they lack the flexibility of a DSLR, in that they can't be used effectively with lenses longer than 135mm. While I enjoy my Barnack Leica, the lack of long lens support makes any Leica a non-starter for me and many other photographers. In regard to optional features on cameras, it doesn't bother me that they exist as long as they don't get in the way. And on the K-5, they don't. I use it the same way I would use a digital Leica. Paul On Apr 18, 2011, at 1:22 PM, steve harley wrote:
> On 2011-04-18 08:26 , Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: >> I was at the camera shop on Saturday and spent some time evaluating a >> Leica M8. Yeah, yeah, the red dot costs a fortune. What appealed to me >> was its stark simplicity: everythiing on the camera enables, motivates >> you to concentrate on the subject and the task at hand, not fuss with >> camera settings or optional feature configurations. Why is such a tool >> for the photographer exclusive to those whose pay grade is several >> stratospheric levels higher than mine? Can it really be that expensive >> to build a simpler camera without all the fluffy stuff? > > i don't really follow Leica, but i expect all of the below has been said > before: > > under current market conditions, one appealß to a much wider audience by > including the fluffy stuff; some of the fluffy stuff actually addresses niche > needs, and a lot of the fluffy stuff is cheap to include (so one challenge is > to include fluff without alienating refined users) > > so fluff ==> economies of scale > > Leica probably also avoids competing on price to keep profit margins high > > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
