> > ---- Bob W <[email protected]> wrote: > > It's apparently going to be the price of a small car. So > let's say it > > will cost the same as a Fiat 500, which was the best small > car of last > > year, according to some poll or other. > > http://www.channel4.com/4car/rt/fiat/500/2162/2 > > > > Taking the midpoint of the price range, let's say you're > going to pay > > £11,000 for the small object of your desire. Instead of buying the > > car, which you can afford but don't want anyway - buy the camera! > > > > Now think of the savings. If you drive on average 12,000 miles per > > year, that's 36,000 miles over the lifetime of the loan. At > 50mpg you > > will need 720 gallons of petrol, which is going to cost you about > > £3,500. That's without taking into account depreciation vs > > appreciation, additional running costs, tax, insurance and > the price of bumber stickers. > > > > So buying a Leica M9 will save you at least £3,500 over 3 years. > > That's enough to have Chas Roberts build you a custom, > > made-to-measure, handbuilt Audax bicycle and still have > some money left to buy Rapha cycle clothing. > > http://www.robertscycles.com/products.html > > Er, no. This is a Leica, so each and every file from its > Germanic bowels is going to be a superlative jewel, worthy of > printing at 18x24" - or whatever is the largest feasible size > for the format involved. This is going to require a whole > load of investment in computing and display power (£1000) > storeage (£200 for high capacity drive and another £200 for > one year of backups, including offsite location) printing > ability (£1500 for printer and say £3000 for a year's supply > of ink and paper) making the Fiat a much more sensible > option. The only way the Leica is going to be cheaper is if > you buy it and put it in a display cabinet...........
No, no. No M9 owner could incur such costs. As you point out 90% of them will remain in a display cabinet. The other 10% belong to Magnum photographers who are already suitably equipped and receive everything free from Leica to use in adverts which feed the fantasies of the cabinet-displayers. The final 1% is me, when I win the lottery and can afford a Lamborgini Gallardo with a bike rack, as well as everything else. Bob -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
