Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/04/23
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Since I have been very happy with my M8 I had resisted the temptation to buy an M8.2 until the green one came out. I quite fancied the 28mm f2.8 too, so I bought one. I now really appreciate the shutter sound and framelines compared to the M8. No buyers remorse for me! I can not see it ever being worth more than I paid for it though! Now the question is - do I sell my M8... cheers, Frank On 23 Apr, 2009, at 07:47, Geoff Hopkinson wrote: > Two emails today, one from my Leica dealer with the product > announcement of > the white M8 and one from the Voigtlander distributor for Australia, > who > runs a business completely dedicated to film cameras. > > I was about to be appalled by the albino M8, however it looks > surprisingly > smart. Not practical by rather attractive. Kind of like having > Angelina > Jolie in white mink as your girlfriend. One neat touch (on the M8, not > Angelina) is that it has a matching white old style vented hood on the > matching Elmarit M 28. Anyway I hope that collectors snap them up > and put > their money in Leica's coffers. Are you out there Vick? Wanna see some > pretty pictures? > > The Voigtlander Bessa III stocks are due in Australia in June and > the price > is now fixed at AUD 3250 which is about USD 2300 on today's exchange > rate. > Considering our dollar here has devalued against the Yen by about > 40% in > recent times, I guess it could have been much worse. > Hardly cheap of course and only for the dedicated. Our Voigtlander > guy is > making one available for a nominal amount for 2 weeks each as it > goes on > tour around the country here. Kudos to him for that initiative. I've > applied > for a spot. > > In other sadder news, my local dealer has just told me that my M7 > has been > sold. Sob. I have seller's remorse already. I need to buy something > else > with a red dot on it immediately. > > -- > Cheers > Geoff > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/gh/a/ > http://www.pbase.com/hoppyman > 'A photograph is an interpretation of something by someone > and it can be anything we want it to be' *Mike Langford* > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information