Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/03/09
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On the major bummer loss theft side of things, this is where we need to be less German and more Zen. Or, you know: Asian. On Tue, Mar 9, 2010 at 6:06 PM, EPL <manolito at videotron.ca> wrote: > The way I look at it is this: shooting and having processed about 100 rolls > of colour film per year (which a serious hobbyist might certainly do) could > run about $1500 a year, give or take. Multiply that by 4 years, to be > conservative, = $6000. > > Puts the cost of a new M8 or M9 into some kind of perspective, eh? > > The problem with the price of a new Leica today is that the whopping cost > is > paid out up front, rather than over those years. > > Shoot more than the equivalent of those 100 rolls and/or use the M8 or M9 > for more than 4 years and the price starts looking pretty good. > > Another question is how comfortable we are walking around with a $10,000 > camera/lens combo (with hundreds of images inside) on our shoulders > wherever > we go: damage, theft, etc. = major bummer. > > Emanuel > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >