PeterA
Well-known member
Chill Guy, I am not on your case @ all - I read the base price as 22 + 4-5K for a lens ..hence i reckon no real biggy for a camera with a lot more apparent ergonomic friendliness and processing speed, so to me the pricing was pretty much ok relative to others ...and I still think it is 0- as I dont give a rats about Platinum service no need for me ..
- also Phase One and Hasselblad prices are cheaper in the USA than the rip off artists charge down here..lets not talk about what I actually paid for my H3D-11 when I bought it hmm - that is another can of worms ! :ROTFL::ROTFL:
As for an M8 I dont know if you got one before I did I certainly bought one of the first five M8 's in Australia and the same for the DMR and that was before I had the pleasure of making your acquaintance my friend - so yeah I am a Leica nut - but that was then and this is now..not one of my film Leicas has ever broken down or had a hitch but I seem to have struck problems with the M8 recently following a service in Solms .. so yeah I am wary of the service capability of Leica at the moment..
after trying out the Hy6 - I love the Sinar back ( and I dont care how many people bag it) and I love the Schneider lenses - but I don't love the fact that the Hy6 is now a dead system ...
So I am wary of ever buying into anything from anyone until proven it works and the company is stable - this will take at least 6-12 months for Leica to prove to me..IF /WHEN they do I will seriously consider the camera because it replaces one or two of my MFD systems which are sitting on the shelf looking pretty. If they had included image stabilisation via lens or chip - as well as multi point point focus with decent 1200 ISO - they could have charged even as far as I am concerned..already (on paper) it will dust off Hasselblad and Phase systems ( we cant talk Sinar or leaf systems anymore) in a few areas I care about.
Cheers
Pete
- also Phase One and Hasselblad prices are cheaper in the USA than the rip off artists charge down here..lets not talk about what I actually paid for my H3D-11 when I bought it hmm - that is another can of worms ! :ROTFL::ROTFL:
As for an M8 I dont know if you got one before I did I certainly bought one of the first five M8 's in Australia and the same for the DMR and that was before I had the pleasure of making your acquaintance my friend - so yeah I am a Leica nut - but that was then and this is now..not one of my film Leicas has ever broken down or had a hitch but I seem to have struck problems with the M8 recently following a service in Solms .. so yeah I am wary of the service capability of Leica at the moment..
after trying out the Hy6 - I love the Sinar back ( and I dont care how many people bag it) and I love the Schneider lenses - but I don't love the fact that the Hy6 is now a dead system ...
So I am wary of ever buying into anything from anyone until proven it works and the company is stable - this will take at least 6-12 months for Leica to prove to me..IF /WHEN they do I will seriously consider the camera because it replaces one or two of my MFD systems which are sitting on the shelf looking pretty. If they had included image stabilisation via lens or chip - as well as multi point point focus with decent 1200 ISO - they could have charged even as far as I am concerned..already (on paper) it will dust off Hasselblad and Phase systems ( we cant talk Sinar or leaf systems anymore) in a few areas I care about.
Cheers
Pete