Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/03/03
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Sounds very philosophical to me. Phil Forrest On Wed, 4 Mar 2009 02:20:00 +0000 (UTC) "J. Newell" <john.o.newell at comcast.net> wrote: > > > Hey, I'd like to circle back on this from a different point.? > > > > Not taking any issues with what Tina reported, but what does it mean > to say a camera is "perpetually upgradeable," especially in these > relatively early digital days?? Will Leica offer sensor upgrades? > What are the limits of this idea?? > > > > I'm not an engineer, a scientist or an economist, but I don't think > this could work out quite the way it did with the Barnack cameras in > the 1930s.? Discussion??? > > > > Tks > > John > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Tina Manley" <images at comporium.net> > To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org> > Sent: Tuesday, March 3, 2009 1:04:31 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern > Subject: Re: [Leica] Digital camera purchase conundrum > > And the thing about M8's is that Leica has > decided to make them perpetually upgradeable. ?My > first M8 is ancient by digital standards, but > it's still up to date as of the firmware > today! ?And my very ancient Leica M lenses work fine on it. ;-) > > Tina > > Tina Manley > www.tinamanley.com > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information