Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/12/27

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Subject: [Leica] year end mad dash to spend $$$ or pay taxes on it
From: jayanand at gmail.com (Jayanand Govindaraj)
Date: Mon, 28 Dec 2009 09:08:30 +0530
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Get a D3s. If I were buying a body now, that is what I would get.
Cheers
Jayanand

On Mon, Dec 28, 2009 at 4:37 AM, Kyle Cassidy <kcassidy at asc.upenn.edu> 
wrote:
>
> Says Reuters: "Although bonus first-year depreciation has been extended a 
> number of times, another lease on life for this tax break may not be in 
> the cards."
>
> Which means it's time to make some business purchases over here at Studio 
> Cassidy. Has anybody else been considering this? What I'd like y'alls 
> advice on -- bang-for-the-buck recommendation is:
>
>
> * Some sort of Leica-like camera system -- I yearn for the days when my 
> whole kit fit in a small bag. I'd coveted an R-D1 for a while but I think 
> the micro 4:3's have killed that desire.
>
> ? My thoughts now are:
>
> ? ? ?Lumix GF1 w/ the pancake lens: 
> http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/PanasonicGF1/ ($1000)
>
> ? ? ?Canon Powershot G11: http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/canong11/ ($600)
>
> ? ? ?Leica X1: http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/LeicaX1/ (~$1000)
>
>
> I'm also considering choosing from:
>
> * Upgrading my 85 1.8 and 50 1.8 to the 1.4 versions. ?(about $1300 if I 
> keep the old ones -- $900 if I sell the old ones)
>
> * Digital storage upgrade with two 5 Terabyte mirrored drives.
>
> * Another Leica d700 body
>
> * Hasselblad Digital back (who am I kidding)
>
> * Case of Laphroag for "inspiration" (who am I kidding x2)
>
> Any thoughts?
>
> kyle
>
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