jan van daalen
Well-known member
At Monde de l’Observation, I wanted to do an SF vd Noct comparison, but they told me they dont do the Noct because they consider it’s just “more of the same”.
What can I say, either they have commercial issues just for that model, as they carry other Leica, or they are genuinely advising their customers. My own take on the Noct is that I wouldnt mind having one for the beauty of the object, but the view of a bird against sky - or a building top, dazzles me. I NEED to see chimneys.
Leica is certainly capable of making alpha grade instruments, but where Zeiss and Swaro seem to hire consultant functional designers and experiment with the usability envelope, Leica seems to set the standards on the beauty of casing looks. It’s different in the case of the rangefinder instruments.
Edmund
Hi Edmund,
If I was Leica, I would kick Monde del Observation under their a**. As a dealer you take a long term vision commitment. You show where the brand stands for, in good and bad (optical product) days so that a customer can choose by his own on the various brand offers. In this case the SF versus the SV versus the NV and not make a "pre selection".
Of course this should work vica versa:-C:-C
Jan