On Thu, Apr 24, 2014 at 1:16 PM, Godfrey DiGiorgi <godd...@me.com> wrote: > I can never understand all the whinging over Leica prices. Sure, the T is > pricey—what's the big deal? No one forces you to buy it. The issue seems to > be that everyone one WANTS a Leica, they're just not willing to pay the > premium required. > > Why? Well in my experience, Leica simply makes better cameras than most of > the other guys. The fact that they charge for them is a point of aggravation > to those who want one but can't afford it. > > I've got five Leica bodies and fourteen Leica lenses. If I had to sell all of > my camera equipment, they'd be the last things to go, excepting the > Hasselblad SWC. > > I'm sure this will annoy the Ricoh-Pentaxian-Fujistis on this list, but I've > got my fireproof suit on (permanently), flame away... :-) > > Godfrey > > >> On Apr 24, 2014, at 11:00 AM, Tim Bray <tb...@textuality.com> wrote: >> >> They managed to preview the new Leica T without mentioning the >> essentials: “less for more, in a really cool body, and everyone will >> know you’ve got money to burn”
So pretty much what Tim said then. Except, I don't think that even Tim expected the full inventory and the inclusion of a SWC to make the point. -- 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.
