[Leica] M9 - not much more expensive than M8?

[hopsternew at gmail.com (Geoff Hopkinson)]

Good luck with that, Jim ;-) ;-) I mean the waiting for some other company
to produce a 24x36 sensor Rangefinder.
On productivity, ownership costs and film processing, quantity etc, everyone
has their own sums and obviously your numbers make sense for you.
The possibilities and numbers change dramatically with the M8 of course.
Keep on shooting and sharing in the quirky Jim universe. They are always
enjoyed.

2009/8/11 Jim Shulman <jshul at comcast.net>

> If that's the case, I'll wait until Mr. K or some other manufacturer comes
> out with a FF M-mount RF camera for half that amount (or less.)
>
> Jim Shulman
> Wynnewood, PA
>
> Who figures that, at $5 per roll (with processing chemicals), he could
> shoot
> 1600 rolls of Efke 50/Tri-X/Plus-X for the price of one of the new FF Leica
> cameras.  Or, at $17 per roll for Velvia with processing, he could shoot
> 470
> rolls.  (This year I will probably shoot about 70 rolls of film.)
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: lug-bounces+jshul=comcast.net at leica-users.org
> [mailto:lug-bounces+jshul <lug-bounces%2Bjshul>=comcast.net@
> leica-users.org] On Behalf Of Richard
> Man
> Sent: Monday, August 10, 2009 5:41 PM
> To: Leica Users Group
> Subject: Re: [Leica] M9 - not much more expensive than M8?
>
> People who know, can't say. People who heard, are saving their pennies :-)
>
> Slightly larger than M8, no IR issues, 18-20 MP, full frame, About
> $8000, delivery by end of the year or Feb 2010. My source is the horde
> of gossiping poodles!
>
> http://www.dragonsgate.net/pub/richard/PICS/L9991668.jpg
>
> The idiotic thing about owning Leica is, when Nikon pulled that trick
> ($8000) with the D3X, they were ridiculed with Hilter, no less. But
> with Leica? $8000 sounds almost like a good deal!!!
>
>
>
> On Mon, Aug 10, 2009 at 2:31 PM, Geoff Hopkinson<hopsternew at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > That ain't what I heard, Leo ;-)
> > However rumours don't count until there is an actual announcement.
> > One large Aussie dealer is (unofficially) quoting prices too.
> > I'm amazed that so little of the M9 discussion has made it onto the LUG
> thus
> > far, everyone must be getting their gossip elsewhere.
>
>
> --
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