Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/03/03
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]John, We know what Leitz did in the old days such as add rangefinders to the Model 1's and standards and even upgrading rangefinder masks to the M4's etc. Leica will not do these upgrades today, at least not to the Barnacks. So I would think the word "perpetual" is a slight exaggeration even if Leica used it. I would guess that an M8 upgrade 10 years from now would not be an economical option. The state of the art will have progressed so far that buying the new model would be cheaper. Just my .02 Len On Mar 3, 2009, at 9:20 PM, J. Newell 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