Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/09/25
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On Sep 25, 2008, at 8:25 AM, wildlightphoto@earthlink.net wrote: > Kyle Cassidy <kcassidy@asc.upenn.edu> 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). > > film: I won't buy another film Leica, the Leicaflex SL that I > already have > meets my needs for a film camera and if you've looked at the KEH > catalog > lately these are dirt cheap by Leica standards, like LTM cameras > were in > the 1960s. > > digital: if the R10 is smaller than the R8 with DMR, has a viewfinder > approaching the quality of the SL and produces files as good as or > better > than the DMR, I'm all over it. If the S2 indicates Leica's thinking > w.r.t. > the R10 I'll be broke again shortly after the R10 first becomes > available. > Better yet an SL3d. I just bought an R6...and I'm actually using it ... as well as my M7 and MP... remember film, what fun, Steve > > > Doug Herr > Birdman of Sacramento > http://www.wildlightphoto.com > > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > mail2web.com ? What can On Demand Business Solutions do for you? > http://link.mail2web.com/Business/SharePoint > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information