09-18-2012, 07:25 PM
[quote name='Klaus' timestamp='1347964082' post='20232']
Strange question. You can also buy -say- a Ferrari or a Bentley although none of these cars is actually practical or economical.
Such luxury items exist because they've a personal value beyond purpose. And the world would be poorer without them anyway.
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I think what's Loup means here is that you don't seem to be getting anything "better" for the money.
The difference with your example here is that with a sports car or a luxury car, you're buying something distinctly exceeding "normal" products one way or another and I don't mean on price. Horsepower,equipment,comfort,sound insulation,etc... While it's not clear, *for many people*, that you're buying anything more "advanced" with a Leica M. Save for the "smallest FF camera", which I think is a valid point. Some luxury items stand out because they're cutting edge and as such, get the high price tag. Some don't, or perhaps just less obviously.
Anyway, the M is kinda interesting but they might be playing a dangerous game by adding newer fashionable bells & whistles that make all the more comparable to competitors : they might just lose that exclusivity <img src='http://forum.photozone.de/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/huh.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='
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Strange question. You can also buy -say- a Ferrari or a Bentley although none of these cars is actually practical or economical.
Such luxury items exist because they've a personal value beyond purpose. And the world would be poorer without them anyway.
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I think what's Loup means here is that you don't seem to be getting anything "better" for the money.
The difference with your example here is that with a sports car or a luxury car, you're buying something distinctly exceeding "normal" products one way or another and I don't mean on price. Horsepower,equipment,comfort,sound insulation,etc... While it's not clear, *for many people*, that you're buying anything more "advanced" with a Leica M. Save for the "smallest FF camera", which I think is a valid point. Some luxury items stand out because they're cutting edge and as such, get the high price tag. Some don't, or perhaps just less obviously.
Anyway, the M is kinda interesting but they might be playing a dangerous game by adding newer fashionable bells & whistles that make all the more comparable to competitors : they might just lose that exclusivity <img src='http://forum.photozone.de/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/huh.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='
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