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Re:Volkswagen launches its first all-electric SUV, the ID.4 by aaronbrethorst on Friday April 23, 2021 @06:09PM (#26919776)
Sounds kind of like Leica to me: orthodontists running around Africa or Asia pretending to be Steve McCurry with $11,000 'Safari' cameras destroyed the brand for me. Yeah, sure, the company is still technically alive, but at what cost?

(and lest you think I'm joking: https://www.dpreview.com/news/9864312105/leica-releases-limi...)

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Re:Volkswagen launches its first all-electric SUV, the ID.4 by Ma8ee on Friday April 23, 2021 @10:10PM (#26921620)
Are the cameras not good anymore? Or is it that the “wrong people“ are using their products that bothers you? If it is the latter, then you are just trying to buy an identity through brands, and you are as much part of the problem.
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Re:Volkswagen launches its first all-electric SUV, the ID.4 by imwillofficial on Friday April 23, 2021 @10:40PM (#26921788)
Leica glass is still top notch. GP is just making some weird status thing out of it.
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Re:Volkswagen launches its first all-electric SUV, the ID.4 by petre on Saturday April 24, 2021 @12:01AM (#26922153)
Then just buy the M43 version?
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Re:Volkswagen launches its first all-electric SUV, the ID.4 by aaronbrethorst on Saturday April 24, 2021 @02:39AM (#26922760)
I prefer the APS-C version.
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Re:Volkswagen launches its first all-electric SUV, the ID.4 by aaronbrethorst on Saturday April 24, 2021 @02:29AM (#26922717)
Leica glass is great. Leica cameras are great. I wish the company would focus on turning out high quality products that are meant to be used to create photographs, as opposed to turning out the camera equivalent of a Birkin bag.

And I say this as someone who has previously owned and shot with a Leica M6 and currently owns and shoots with a Leica IIIf.

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Re:Volkswagen launches its first all-electric SUV, the ID.4 by sudosysgen on Saturday April 24, 2021 @04:27AM (#26923288)
The only good thing about Leica cameras is the handling, arguably and subjectively. They are behind in every single other respect. Leica lenses are good, though.

Couple being sub-par with being much more expensive and you get something that is moreso useful for image than as a tool.

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Re:Volkswagen launches its first all-electric SUV, the ID.4 by tshaddox on Friday April 23, 2021 @11:53PM (#26922119)
The same thing is true of guitar manufacturers and probably most other manufacturers of music gear.
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