Why all the Leica bashing lately?

[semilog]

In other words, people who really buy cameras to use don't usually do it very often. People who buy cameras 'to use' (in the sense that they put a few rolls through them to persuade themselves they're not serial collectors) are, well, serial collectors.

Seems about right to me. I don't buy additional cameras very often, and I use the ones I own. Always have.

 

[dave lackey]

You asked for it... A cheap M9 Special Edition

You asked for it... A cheap M9 Special Edition

This one has no leather, ostrich or otherwise, but it pays homage to our bovine friends, so PETA will be happy. It is rare and it is manual...film in fact!

The color is limited to an Italian RED, it is available from me for only $2000!!

 

[Frankie]

Just returned from Tokyo.

Leica now has a boutique within Mitsukoshi [department store] in Ginza...a Japanese Nieman Marcus or further up-scale equivalent where all luxury goods brands operate boutiques.

In this Leica boutique, all current Leica products [cameras, lenses, re-badged Pany' and publications] are on display.

If you look the part and have the correct attitude, the black-suited, white-gloved and smiling sales "consultants" would actually let you handle the product and immediately wipe it clean before returning the item to the show case.

I got to see and briefly handled the M9/T...

"Let them eat cake..." indeed. 🙄