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snowboarder wrote
The problem is Aston Martin is actually an amazing car.
Some of them are. So what? Some are no better than a Jaguar. Some might be worse than the BMW or a Merc. Not really the point though, and nit picking the analogy doesn't really help.
And a Chevrolet Corvette is an amazing cars well, when you come right down to it. Faster than an Aston...
But let me spell out the analogy for you so it clear. You can get roughly equal levels of performance out of a Corvette and an Aston Martin or a Ferrari -- you can argue very fine point about which is faster or handles better but both will get you around a track or around town similarly quickly. Same with a Leica. You can get similar levels of performance out of a M8 and 5D, or an M9 and 5Dll -- you can argue fine point about which one is better, but they are clearly in the same performance league. But as some people will spend much more to get the same performance out of Ferrari as a Corvette, likewise some people will spend more to get their performance out of a Leica than a Canon. Whether the value the materials use, the workmanship, the feel, style, sound or the storied history, as with Ferrari people, so too with Leica.
snowboarder wrote
Leica X1 is NOT an amazing camera. Even if it was cheap I wouldn't buy it.
Ricoh GRIII has a 920K amazing LCD and it's still considered a "luxury" compact for $700...
Leica X1 has an old cr@ppy POS 230K LCD and they want you to believe
they are the best out there so they can charge crazy money for it.
I don't get this at all. The Leica X1 is way ahead of the tiny sensor Ricoh GRIII in terms of IQ. You're deluding yourself with you obvious animosity towards Leica if you think otherwise. I agree than Leica missed a step with the low res LCD, but that has little effect on the resulting quality of the images. Quite frankly, i would have preferred Ricoh to put heir money into a larger sensor rather than a higher res screen. Clearly, the Leica is better built and crafted. I suspect the Leica X1 to have the best, or equal to the best, IQ among compact digital P&S's. But as with Ferrari, you pay extra for the same level of performance. You may not like that, I personally don't like it either, but some people do seem to value the intangibles I suggested above.
snowboarder wroteLook, I'm a big fan of some quite expensive watches. I really admire the craftsmanship and the effort to construct something so small and beautiful, working well for a long time. But I don't pretend a Breitling watch measures time better than a $2 electronic Casio.
Leica wants you to believe their expensive cameras are better. They are not.
They are certainly among the best, if not the best, in every category they operate in -- mostly due to their lenses, but not exclusively. Let's not compare an X1 with a 5Dll, but the cameras it is similar to -- say a Sigma DP2. You would be in a very small, bitter, minority if you don't believe Leica is among the best camera makers with image quality performance that is consistently among the best. I am not a Leica owner, nor do I support them in these pages much at all -- their strategy and decision making I think leave much to be desired, and I think they haven't really hit a home run in a long time -- I criticize them regularly -- yet I do not deny their quality and the image quality they can produce.
With a Ferrari you can get to 100km/h in 4 seconds, just like you can do in a Corvette, but many buyer are willing to pay more because it is the way they get you to 100 km/h in 4 seconds that is important. So too with Leica owners.
Me? I prefer a Lotus. ;-)
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