Leica M8 - is the lens mount THAT expensive?

Apparently there's a new Leica M8 that was just announced.
http://www.electronista.com/articles/06/09/14/four.new.leica.cameras/
What the heck? Why in the world would a rangefinder camera cost as much
Nikon's flagship digital SLR and almost as much as Canon's top of the
line camera? The only thing I can think of is that it must be the lens
mount. It's almost like Leica took the price of their regular M7 and
added on top of that instead of starting from scratch. Granted their
cameras are probably hand made (not always equating to better) and
you're basically paying for one worker's monthly salary when you buy a
camera, but damn, $5647US is a LOT of money for a rangefinder. Then
again, to put things in perspective a Patek Phillipe men's watch STARTS
at $12000, but a Leica isn't made of gold.

Nathantw

Re: Leica M8 - is the lens mount THAT expensive?

Is this rec.photo.equipment.subminiature ?


William Graham

Re: Leica M8 - is the lens mount THAT expensive?

"David Ruether" <rpn1@no-junk.cornell.edu> writes:
But if you're more into sharpness and fine detail in a handheld
snapshooting camera:
http://www.bostick-sullivan.com/Hobo/Practice.htm


Paul Rubin

Re: Leica M8 - is the lens mount THAT expensive?

[...]
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Great site! ;-) Or, here is the more direct relevant link:
http://www.asc.upenn.edu/usr/cassidy/leicaslacker/truth.html
--
David Ruether
ruether@verizon.net
rpn1@cornell.edu
http://www.ferrario.com/ruether


David Ruether

Re: Leica M8 - is the lens mount THAT expensive?

"Nicholas O. Lindan" <see@sig.com> writes:
Minox was actually a subsidiary of Leica for a while. It split off
again, and both are on the rocks now.
I've owned a few Minoxes. They are beautiful little cameras. I
remember wondering why there were no 35mm cameras made with that kind
of beauty and precision. Then I remembered, oh yeah, the Leica.


Paul Rubin

Re: Leica M8 - is the lens mount THAT expensive?

"David J. Littleboy" <davidjl@gol.com> wrote
Calm down, "The Leica" makes miniature negatives,
sub-miniature is Minox. Thank God Leica didn't
make a Minox. Oh-oh, they do. It is sure to
happen:
"The Spherical 3-Dimensional Luminosity of the Minox
can not be equaled by ..."
--
Nicholas O. Lindan, Cleveland, Ohio
Darkroom Automation
http://www.nolindan.com/da/index.htm
n o lindan at ix dot netcom dot com


Nicholas O. Lindan

Re: Leica M8 - is the lens mount THAT expensive?

On Sun, 24 Sep 2006 11:00:35 +0200, "Bart van der Wolf"
Exactly.
While I'm not a fancier of rangefinders, I understand the concept of
the method of getting there being the point, rather than the
destination.
Classic cars do bring out the same feeling for many people. The simple
fact that you're driving a true classic overcomes lousey brakes,
distorted windshields, wind noise (if it will go that fast! :-)), lack
of safety devices, and on and on. It's, "Look at me! I'm in THIS!"
--
Bill Funk
replace "g" with "a"


Bill Funk

Re: Leica M8 - is the lens mount THAT expensive?

...
Leica is highly overrated IMHO. It is the "Gray Poupon" of cameras for the
"Hoyty-Toyty" class!
Truth be known, Leica probably has little to do with the manufacturing of
the digital cameras that carry their name. They most likely make the lens,
but I think the cameras themselves are produced by Panasonic.
Bill Crocker


Bill Crocker

Re: Leica M8 - is the lens mount THAT expensive?

SNIP
While I agree with that statement, it doesn't change the IMHO odd
behaviour that as soon as there is a Leica logo on a camera, image
quality, or rather the lack of it, becomes less of an issue.
Leica have bravely chosen for a non-AA-filtered Bayer CFA sensor
approach. That will inevitably result in colored aliasing artifacts
that are difficult to avoid in most subjects, it's fundamental
physics. Just because it is a Leica, doesn't mean it's less of a
problem for image quality. In fact, with good lenses it is even more
of an issue.
--
Bart


Bart van der Wolf

Re: Leica M8 - is the lens mount THAT expensive?

LOL!
Film- and Leica-bashers really are humour-challenged (to put it mildly)...


Chris Loffredo

Re: Leica M8 - is the lens mount THAT expensive?

"Scott W" <biphoto@hotmail.com> writes:
Shrug. You could say the same thing about single malt scotch. I
often sense some kind of irrational jealousy on the part of the Leica
bashers. Those who choose to spend their bucks on Leicas probably
don't care.
I somewhat regret not buying that M3 back in the day. There was a
type of shooting that I did with SLR's, that might have been better
suited for a rangefinder. But the M system seemed way too expensive
and fussy for me at the time. And now, shooting film at all seems
like an unimaginable hassle. Oh well.


Paul Rubin

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