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Subject: [Leica] Perpetually Upgradeable, was: Digital camera purchase conundrum
From: photo.forrest at earthlink.net (Philip Forrest)
Date: Tue, 3 Mar 2009 21:34:53 -0500
References: <200903031804.BKP11829@rg4.comporium.net> <717325954.1373481236133200544.JavaMail.root@sz0090a.westchester.pa.mail.comcast.net>

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
> 
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