Beechcraft sold

Doug Vetter writes:

I'm convinced that the only people who hate Beech
airplanes are those who haven't flown them.

Probably just sour grapes. I've seen _exactly_ the same dynamic with
respect to companies like Leica and Hasselblad. Those who can't
afford it insist that it's not worth the money. Those who actually
buy it know better.

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Mxsmanic wrote:
I've seen _exactly_ the same dynamic with
respect to companies like Leica and Hasselblad. Those who can't
afford it insist that it's not worth the money. Those who actually
buy it know better.

Please. Leica sells a about a 5 MP digital camera for over a thousand
bucks when the going price for everybody else is around $300. Also
Leica doesn't have nearly the features that everybody else does. No
way, no how can the quality of the pictures be worth 200% more on the
price. At some point you realize they are just screwing you because of
the name. Basic marketing.

Recently, Newps posted:

Mxsmanic wrote:
I've seen _exactly_ the same dynamic with
respect to companies like Leica and Hasselblad. Those who can't
afford it insist that it's not worth the money. Those who actually
buy it know better.

Please. Leica sells a about a 5 MP digital camera for over a thousand
bucks when the going price for everybody else is around $300. Also
Leica doesn't have nearly the features that everybody else does. No
way, no how can the quality of the pictures be worth 200% more on the
price. At some point you realize they are just screwing you because
of the name. Basic marketing.

Perhaps you've only confirmed that dynamic? I'd bet that you don't own a
Leica. The appeal of the "over a thousand dollar" Digilux is that it can
use the owner's existing Leica lenses. Those that own an M8 or R8/R9
w/DMR, either of which will set you back more than 5 AMUs, appreciate the
differences in both image quality and camera functionality over all other
makes.

Neil

Newps writes:

Please. Leica sells a about a 5 MP digital camera for over a thousand
bucks when the going price for everybody else is around $300.

Leica's selling point is the glass, which unfortunately isn't really
used by digital cameras.

Also Leica doesn't have nearly the features that everybody else does.

The features that other people have aren't normally necessary.

No way, no how can the quality of the pictures be worth 200% more on the
price.

You need to look through some Leica glass sometime.

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On 2006-12-27, Newps wrote:
Please. Leica sells a about a 5 MP digital camera for over a thousand
bucks when the going price for everybody else is around $300.

I don't know about Leica in particular, but compare the image quality of
a 5MP camera with a decent lens with a $300 camera. Even if the $300
camera has a 10MP sensor, the 5MP camera with a full frame 35mm sensor
and decent lenses will look FAR superior, have much less noise
(particularly on long exposures). Megapixels is almost meaningless
unless you have the lens to back it up AND the sensor itself is large
(the typical sensor in a $300 camera will be smaller than your pinky
fingernail).

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Dylan Smith writes:

I don't know about Leica in particular, but compare the image quality of
a 5MP camera with a decent lens with a $300 camera.

Then try one. You may be surprised.

Even if the $300 camera has a 10MP sensor, the 5MP camera with a full
frame 35mm sensor and decent lenses will look FAR superior, have much
less noise (particularly on long exposures).

See above.

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