Style over substance ?

[dee]

My awaited VW Beetle , shades of Porsche , is denigrated in the press for being less than a Golf .
But it's a coupe at a sensible price for me .

It was the same with the Leica Digilux 3 , also considered to otherwise , let alone the price .
Mine was one year old , probably swapped for a proper high end Nikon/Canon .
A second PanasonicL1 body was just £250 plus a cheap 4/3rds Olympus zoom .
I would not part with them , using one on a trip to Malaysia .

Recently I bought a Pentax K-1S which lacks a left hand grip , but I tend to cradle a camera with left hand anyway .
Another failure for Pentax , but I like the style and solidity .

I guess I don't do conventional !!

Have you ever gone for style over the ultimate capability of an item ?

dee

[belgiumreporter]

Have you ever gone for style over the ultimate capability of an item ?

Yes:



1000cc on the left, 50cc on the right
Japanese power and Italian wannabe, sold 'em both by the time you see this post



And some others...

[dee]

I guess our Maralunga sofas come into the style over function debate - not very comfortable really .
The New Beetle is reasonably practical - for a 2+2 .

[barbarian]

Have you ever gone for style over the ultimate capability of an item ?

For people who know me, "style" is not the first word they think of when they think of me.