richard hooker

QUOTE - Unfortunately it is totally crippled by not having a viewfinder or even a hot shoe that would allow one to mount a viewfinder on it. And with a big sensor like that one should be able to get more than 5 (true) megapixels out of it. As it is, Ricoh is still the better camera. But I am sure there will be others soon.

 

 

Fantastic reply! Condemned to death without even seeing a single shot fired in anger.

The M8 is overpriced because of the same reason that the panasonic carbon copy cameras such as the digilux 3 and the V-LUX are far more expensive then their panasonic brothers. Because Leica can get away with it and there are people who are willing to open their cheque book and sign away $1000s without even questioning where that money is going. Charging $5000 for a cameras has absolutely nothing to do with the cost of the sensor or the fact it's got some brass in the construction. If it did they should sack their procurement team. Face up to it, they wack on $2000+ for the Leica name and because they know that there are enough people in the world that can convince themselves that paying $9000 for a manual focus digicam with one lens is a worthwhile investment.

You would have to be a mug to pay those prices for any of that equipment. It's almost an insult to charge that much in the first place.

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But why would you want to take two D80s in the field when you can have one superior D200? Two D80s will take up much more room and has less features.

Thanks Ray

 

Has it been fairly easy to send back to Japan?

Good afternoon

 

I am currently in Vietnam and need to pick up a new Nikon D200.

 

I have found a dealer who has stated that he only has 1 year Japan and 6 month

Vietnam warranties.

 

I am based in Singapore. Does this mean the camera would not have a valid

warranty if if encountered a problem and I was not in either Japan or Vietnam?

 

I would appreciate any feedback, thanks.