Has anyone preordered it?
--M. -- -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- http://www.EnticingTheLight.com -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- 2009/9/7 mike wilson <[email protected]>: > Bob W wrote: > >>> ---- 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. > > Any manufacturer that can sell 101% of its product is alright by me. > -- 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.
