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Subject: [Leica] M9 - not much more expensive than M8?
From: richard.lists at gmail.com (Richard Man)
Date: Thu, 13 Aug 2009 00:25:25 -0700
References: <C6A926DF.52C9A%mark@rabinergroup.com> <p06230904c6a961a6bb8e@10.0.1.199> <7ac27f4f0908122357i7d12480bmf8ee579e77294dad@mail.gmail.com> <B2C47416-C169-46F1-9B22-1CE37ABA697F@frozenlight.eu>

I know, but my assessment differs. Of course the 35/1.4 ASPH is MUCH
better than the 12-60 at F1.4 :-), but otherwise the Olympus holds up
quite well.

and yes, before Mark asks, this is at print level. But again, to each
of their own. The M8 is in a class by itself, that's for sure.

On Thu, Aug 13, 2009 at 12:18 AM, Nathan Wajsman<photo at frozenlight.eu> 
wrote:
> It is not a subjective perception, Richard, but an objective assessment. I
> have an E3 too, with two of the best lenses in the E system, the 12-60 and
> the 50-200. So I am not knocking the E3 by any means, but it is simply not
> in the M8+Leica lenses league. And indeed it would not be reasonable to
> expect it to be, given the price difference in lenses.
>




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