Color me old-fashioned, but I think people paying more for less is a news story. When one observes anomalous behavior, it’s reasonable to bring attention to it, because things that don’t fit into one’s understanding of the world are educational opportunities.
As a camera aficionado, I’ve been pleased that the competition has addressed the Leica pleasure points (compactness, responsiveness, wonderful lenses) so effectively and at such reasonable cost, a bit saddened that Leica has not been able to move forward as fast as the competition, and curiosity about whether Leica can remain viable now that it’s all about prestige and brand rather than actually enabling photographers to do anything they couldn’t otherwise do. As someone noted above, the most interesting Leica product these days is obviously the Monochrom. I’d love to play with one of those. On Thu, Apr 24, 2014 at 9:32 PM, knarf <knarftheria...@gmail.com> wrote: > I think you hit the nail on the head, Godfrey. > > If you don't like the prices don't buy it. If enough people don't buy them > they'll go out of business. > > No big whoop. > > It's like a Mustang owner complaining that Ferraris cost too much. > > Well... that's why you bought a Mustang, right? > > Like Pentax, they may be great value for the money, but there's a reason > Ferraris cost ten times more. > > Like Leicas most Ferrari owners buy for prestige, to look cool or to impress. > That doesn't take away from the excellent performance of the machine. > > Cheers, > frank > > On 24 April, 2014 2:16:29 PM EDT, 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” >> >>-- >>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. > > “Analysis kills spontaneity.” -- Henri-Frederic Amiel > > > > -- > 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.
