Having worked with leicas for the better part of four decades, I guess the "dream purchase" but doesn't compute anymore. To me they are just cameras, expensive to be sure but just cameras.
It's just like a Ferrari or other "exotic" car in essence. To some who cannot afford one they are a fantasy anda superlative. To those who can, or who race them, they are just expensive cars. On Wednesday, May 19, 2010, Steven Desjardins <drd1...@gmail.com> wrote: > It should still bother him. A Leica should be a "dream purchase". > They charge top dollar and they are competing with some of the best > pro cameras. The very idea that "it just wouldn't work right" is > almost inconceivable. Maybe I'm just being naive here but why else > would anyone buy a Leica if not for superb if maybe eclectic > performance? In terms of actual usage I'll bet that the Canon and > Nikon offerings in that range are better all around workhorse cameras. > > On Tue, May 18, 2010 at 3:42 PM, Godfrey DiGiorgi <gdigio...@gmail.com> wrote: >> On Tue, May 18, 2010 at 10:46 AM, Boris Liberman <bori...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> On 5/18/2010 8:20 PM, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: >>>> >>>> It's always sad to hear reports of such a mess, but I hear them about >>>> every manufacturer from time to time. Nikon, Canon, Panasonic, Sony, >>>> Pentax ... all of them. I'm just glad I've only rarely needed service. >>>> ;-) >>> >>> Godfrey, there seems to be a minor difference in Jeffery's case. ... >> >> Just a matter of degree. I expect better service when I pay premium >> prices for things like a Leica, and to get poor service from them is >> more notable than from high volume outfits like Nikon/Canon or even >> Pentax by comparison. >> >> It obviously still burns for Jeffery, and his attitude seems like mine >> with regard to Sigma equipment. Only difference is that I never spent >> much money on Sigma stuff ... I never got any that was satisfactory in >> the first place. >> -- >> Godfrey >> godfreydigiorgi.posterous.com >> >> -- >> 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. >> > > > > -- > Steve Desjardins > > -- > 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. > -- Godfrey godfreydigiorgi.posterous.com -- 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.
