Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/10/19

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Subject: [Leica] Easy decisions for M9 or not
From: topoxforddoc at btinternet.com (Charlie Chan)
Date: Mon, 19 Oct 2009 18:24:20 +0100
References: <C7016E5D.56BDB%mark@rabinergroup.com> <p06230900c701d06bc4b7@[10.1.16.129]> <011a01ca50da$caecce50$60c66af0$@net> <p06230903c70250097ecf@[10.1.16.146]>

Yup,

7k is lot to drop. I haven't got even a M8 yet - still on film Ms.  
Haven't made my mind up yet on this one.

Charlie

Charlie Chan
Cheltenham, UK

On 19 Oct 2009, at 18:21, Henning Wulff wrote:

> Definitely. If the incremental price that I have to pay is $5, then  
> if all it has is a new camera strap would be worth the upgrade. For  
> me, selling an M8 for $2K and getting an M9 for $7K isn't worth the  
> difference at this time.
>
>
> At 9:39 AM -0700 10/19/09, Frank Filippone wrote:
>> I bet it is not ambivalence towards a camera, but a $7K  
>> ambivalence.......if
>> it were $2K, I bet your and others' reaction would be different.....
>>
>> $7K is a lot of money..... not that $2k or even a lot less is not.
>>
>> I wish I could have justified it, but the price of the M9 got me to  
>> buy an
>> M8.
>>
>> And it will do just fine.....
>>
>> Frank Filippone
>> red735i at earthlink.net
>>
>>
>> I'm still ambivalent about getting one. Maybe
>> later.
>>
>> --
>>
>>    *            Henning J. Wulff
>
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In reply to: Message from mark at rabinergroup.com (Mark Rabiner) ([Leica] Easy decisions for M9 or not)
Message from henningw at archiphoto.com (Henning Wulff) ([Leica] Easy decisions for M9 or not)
Message from red735i at earthlink.net (Frank Filippone) ([Leica] Easy decisions for M9 or not)
Message from henningw at archiphoto.com (Henning Wulff) ([Leica] Easy decisions for M9 or not)