At 07:40 PM 7/21/99 -0400, you wrote:
>I saw this topic on the Leica List and posted the following opinion. My
>point was that other manufacturers make great cameras!
>
>"It seems that there is a definite cultural difference operating here. As
>usual, what is the "best"? I am English by birth but have more than 20
>years' distance to improve my perspective.
>
>Since World War II, Britain has until recently been significantly less
>affluent. Magazines and other media reflect this, in part by considering
>value for money, or if you like, the possibly of any of their readers ever
>owning the product. In the US, cereal ads take place in $50,000 kitchens. In
>Britain, a cleaning product is demonstrated in a kitchen like mine (only
>cleaner). In SLR's Leica doesn't get the free ride that the M system does
>through lack of competition. (BTW, I love M's) It doesn't seem so
>surprising that another SLR would beat out the R8."
But the logic still doesn't equate... Why not then the 4ti, which is not only
cheaper but a better value as well?
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Regards,
Denton Taylor
Photogallery at www.dentontaylor.com.
Panoramas and Immersive Imaging at
www.threehundredsixty.com
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