If you guys think apple overprices for their hardware based on brand, you guys should look more into the brand of Leitz Camera--Leica.
Of course Leica overcharges for their cameras, it is a well known fact! But we should all agree that leica produces cameras for a niche market. One, these cameras are rangefinders, not SLRs. They are meant to be subtle quiet and unobtrusive cameras, hence the quieter shutter and decrease in speed. Many shooters would love to have 1/4000th and stop down rather than having 1/8000th (who uses 1/8000th anyway?)
Two, these cameras are amazingly solid. If you have never held a Leica M series camera, you are missing out. These things are not toys, they are tools (Refer to the Leica Noctilux 50mm f/1)
Three, they are not meant to be phased out every 18 months, as your consumer-grade Digital SLR does. Nikon D100 to D200, to D300 in about 8 years. It took Leica what, 80 years to move from M2 to M8?
I could go on, but the point I guess i'm trying to make is that we know we are getting ripped off on what we pay for, sure, but we know the lovely aspects of the M series.
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If you guys think apple overprices for their hardware based on brand, you guys should look more into the brand of Leitz Camera--Leica.
Of course Leica overcharges for their cameras, it is a well known fact! But we should all agree that leica produces cameras for a niche market. One, these cameras are rangefinders, not SLRs. They are meant to be subtle quiet and unobtrusive cameras, hence the quieter shutter and decrease in speed. Many shooters would love to have 1/4000th and stop down rather than having 1/8000th (who uses 1/8000th anyway?)
Two, these cameras are amazingly solid. If you have never held a Leica M series camera, you are missing out. These things are not toys, they are tools (Refer to the Leica Noctilux 50mm f/1)
Three, they are not meant to be phased out every 18 months, as your consumer-grade Digital SLR does. Nikon D100 to D200, to D300 in about 8 years. It took Leica what, 80 years to move from M2 to M8?
I could go on, but the point I guess i'm trying to make is that we know we are getting ripped off on what we pay for, sure, but we know the lovely aspects of the M series.