Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/10/22

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Subject: [Leica] Re: Full Upgrade or M8.2?
From: msadat at gmail.com (mehrdad)
Date: Wed Oct 22 12:09:50 2008
References: <d322251e0810221148j504a21f8h23d1c2cdb3dd7a5@mail.gmail.com> <d322251e0810221203k77c734a3t4754b4f94b3402eb@mail.gmail.com>

it seems best not to upgrade

On Wed, Oct 22, 2008 at 12:03 PM, John Abela <jamriman@gmail.com> wrote:
> Ohh yes and for $555 extra, you also get that delayed shutter cocking
> feature and the useless S thing.
>
> On Wed, Oct 22, 2008 at 2:48 PM, John Abela <jamriman@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> I'm not to sure it's worth it to upgrade if your going for a full upgrade.
>> HK M8.2 is going for $5455 shipped to US on ebay. Lets assume you get that
>> "buy it now " $200 off from live.com search promo. So now its $5255.
>> Upgrade costs $1700. Assume you can get $3000 for your used M8. Now to get
>> your new M8.2 would cost you $2255. Your upgrade subtracted form cost:
>> $2255-$1700=$555. So for $555 more you get a brand new camera with the
>> vulcinite covering plus a year warranty.
>> --
>> Regards,
>> John
>>
>
>
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> Regards,
> John
>
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In reply to: Message from jamriman at gmail.com (John Abela) ([Leica] Full Upgrade or M8.2?)
Message from jamriman at gmail.com (John Abela) ([Leica] Re: Full Upgrade or M8.2?)