whats the big deal? The ZEISS lenses can be used on any M camera. And, except for the IKON, they havent really produced anything of surprising design in the past decade; I guess its the name...
dasrocket wrote:
whats the big deal? The ZEISS lenses can be used on any M camera. And, except for the IKON, they havent really produced anything of surprising design in the past decade; I guess its the name...
Well, the big deal is that if it follows the lead of the Zeiss Ikon film camera, it will provide a high quality, high performance, innovative camera at a third of the price of the Leica. A big deal indeed.
If you are comparing the film IKON VS M7 prices to what the DRFs would be, you are still looking at a new DIKON at about $3,400; not quite the third of the price. Plus, all versions of the IKON were very well made, a joy to use (for the little while that I had one) but innovative? not quite. It was based on a very classic design.
..don't get me wrong though, I will be very interested in the DIKON as the next up from my RD1: the M8 just doesnt hit the spot for me, even if it was lower priced.
dasrocket wrote:
If you are comparing the film IKON VS M7 prices to what the DRFs would be, you are still looking at a new DIKON at about $3,400; not quite the third of the price.
How do you come up with $3400?? Why not $3000, or $2500 or $1999? Is this your guess, do you already know what Zeiss will charge for it, or did it come to you in a dream?
A film Zeiss Ikon is $1400 and the Leica M7 is $4400 (more than 3 times the price), and lens cost comparisons are similar. Regardless of the actual amount and the actual multiple, past pricing of Zeiss Ikon products suggest that a potential digital Zeiss Ikon camera promises to be significantly less expensive than the $5500 Leica M8.
