[Leica] going off the deep end, buying another film camera

[leica at screengang.com (Didier Ludwig)]

Richard
You should have had a look at http://tinyurl.com/34gywo first....
That's a Xpan on steroids, with more lens choice (4x5)!
Didier (willed to sell his 75 Summilux for such a beast)



>So we will be travelling to exotic locales (*) in less than a month. I 
>struggled with the thought of buying an M8, but a) no $$$, and b) 
>issues/price ratio just seem a bit high. There is no way I can justify 
>the added cost over the R-D1, at least for now. A Pent*x K10D looks 
>really tempting. I can get couple long lens and cover the telephone 
>end...
>Then I looked at the XPAN-II / TX-2 again. The camera always looks 
>interesting to me. Especially with my wanting to play more with the 
>merging of classical Chinese painting'ish style photography and 
>calligraphy, the pano aspect ratio is rather appealing. Of course they 
>cost a small arm and a leg now too. I believe when it was first 
>released, a body with a 45mm lens is ~$2400. Now they are on the 
>$3000 range, e.g similar price to a used M7. Rather high really.
>Well, I just found one on a used section on a camera site for quite a 
>bit cheaper. Just placed the order. Hopefully will receive it soon....
>(*) If you don't live in the Far East.
>// richard