Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/11/09
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]If there is a reasonably inexpensive 35-equivalence 1.4, or heck, even a pedestrian F2 M lens, that'd be great for the M8. I suppose my thinking is colored because I bought the 35/1.4 ASPH for a mere $1300 back in 2004. In any case, no new M9 for me. May be when the used prices come down to ... $4000 in a year or two.. I still think the M9 is great and would get it in a heartbeat if not for the price. A D3 is un-exciting :-) For the size and weight, it should produce prints 4x better than the M9 :-) On Mon, Nov 9, 2009 at 6:57 PM, Dante Stella <dstella1 at ameritech.net> wrote: > Mehrdad - > > To clarify, I don't believe that the M8 was a failure - but the bar is a > little higher in 2009 than it was in 2006. ?Would I have bought an M9 for > seven grand in 2006? ?Yes. ?But in 2009/2010 - after buying an M8 and > practicing for a long time to get over its quirks - the M9 is not as > exciting anymore. ?Like a lot of M8 owners, I simply bought a nice 28mm > lens > and moved on with life and using the camera. > -- // 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