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Subject: [Leica] M8 M9 Tech Compares
From: sonc.hegr at gmail.com (Sonny Carter)
Date: Mon, 7 Sep 2009 23:46:56 -0500
References: <C6CB11C9.54392%mark@rabinergroup.com> <BB10FA2C-9EE9-48E2-8D03-5F1D985566DD@frozenlight.eu> <7ac27f4f0909072125n5ab567bbh92dfee28a6a72951@mail.gmail.com> <C843FAAF-3A3E-4AA6-9E0C-59CAFFDFDF37@frozenlight.eu> <7ac27f4f0909072140m224fed3ege33cb435208084ce@mail.gmail.com>

I'm with you always

On Mon, Sep 7, 2009 at 11:40 PM, Richard Man <richard.lists at 
gmail.com>wrote:

> Dang, where's that curmudgeon that whines about people pissing and
> moaning about pricing in whatever fancy car shops? :-)
>
> Anyway, I agree with Mark, it sounds like a round off error. 0.5mm is
> pretty small and supposedly there are tons of room inside the M8 shell
> to put in the full frame sensor and electronics.
>
> Besides, you can recoup any cost by selling off the UV-IR filters
> :-)!! (that is assuming you don't keep the M8 as a backup, hmmm....)
>
> I do think the M9, if they do the high ISO reasonably right (e.g.
> good/excellent up to 1600) will be the new M3, so to speak.
>
> On Mon, Sep 7, 2009 at 9:31 PM, Nathan Wajsman<photo at frozenlight.eu>
> wrote:
> > It all adds up, and there is no technical reason for changing the size. A
> > 100 Euro here, a 100 Euro there and suddenly you are talking real money.
> >
>
> --
> // richard m: richard @imagecraft.com
> // w: http://www.imagecraft.com/pub/Portfolio09/ blog:
> http://rfman.wordpress.com
> // book: http://www.blurb.com/bookstore/detail/745963
>
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