Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/10/17
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At 3:57 PM -0400 10/17/09, Mark Rabiner wrote: >> Do I sense a ground swell of feeling that the M*s should be cherished >> because they make old lenses perform better by eliminating the poorer >> rendition in the corners? Seems like the inverse of the opinion that >> film M Leicas were to be desired over the M8 because Leica lenses were >> designed for the corners rather than the central area. I'm confused. I >> have a lot of old Leica lenses. Do I buy a used M8 or save my pennies >> for an M9? >> Larry Z >> >> >> >Nobody cares about the corners. Get an M9. You're going to see M8's selling >for very little money after a year or less. There is a reason. They are not >made any more. There is a reason. > >Mark William Rabiner > But they work well and take great pictures, and they cost a whole lot less, and will depreciate a lot less. ...and they take great pictures. ...as does the M9, for more money. -- * Henning J. Wulff /|\ Wulff Photography & Design /###\ mailto:henningw at archiphoto.com |[ ]| http://www.archiphoto.com