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Subject: [Leica] will you ever buy another leica body?
From: kididdoc at cox.net (Steve Barbour)
Date: Thu Sep 25 09:03:17 2008
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On Sep 25, 2008, at 8:36 AM, Richard S. Taylor wrote:

> I still have a bunch of M lenses waiting for a digital body at a  
> price I'm willing to pay.  The M8.2 is over $6K now.   Impossible!    
> I'm hoping Nikon, or Zeiss or maybe Panasonic will finally come  
> through with something affordable.

I bought my brand new M8  immediately for $4000....

thousands of photos later the same people are still talking about how  
expensive it is...

well,  it's not getting any cheaper...

but it is looking reasonable by comparison,


Steve
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> Regards,
>
> Dick
> off-list comments to r.s.taylor at comcast dot net please.
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> On Sep 25, 2008, at 11:09 AM, Kyle Cassidy wrote:
>
>> In the serious discussion I noticed several people said or implied  
>> that
>> they would probably never buy another M body. I may or may not  
>> myself,
>> but I was thinking that I'm probably actually MORE likely to buy  
>> another
>> _leica_ than I was before. I suddenly find the idea of having an R3  
>> or
>> some variant much more appealing than I did before. (I'd love an R8  
>> but
>> I don't think the prices will likely drop into "affordable for  
>> goofing
>> off" any time soon).
>>
>> I suspect that after a few years on digital hiatus we may slowly  
>> return
>> to our closets, get out our old leicas and take the occasional photo.
>> After which we will be depressed at how much money it costs every  
>> time
>> you press the shutter and probably go back to digital, but who knows.
>>
>> There may be a new leica in my future. They are so beautiful.
>>
>> Kc
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Replies: Reply from r.s.taylor_post at comcast.net (Richard S. Taylor) ([Leica] will you ever buy another leica body?)
In reply to: Message from kcassidy at asc.upenn.edu (Kyle Cassidy) ([Leica] will you ever buy another leica body?)
Message from r.s.taylor_post at comcast.net (Richard S. Taylor) ([Leica] will you ever buy another leica body?)