Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/03/29
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]That's the wrong line of thing. Think M9 as $1500 over the price of then new M8.2. Clearly, the improvement from M8.2 -> M9 is worth that much. Nikon D700->D3, Canon 5DII ->IDs all carry higher premium so Leica is doing pretty well there. Now the question is what should a then new M8.2 be $5500? The answer is the new MP and M7 are $4500.... so the $1000 is, once again, not bad. So why should a new M7/MP be $4500? Because they take Leica lens, and if you like rangefinder, what choices are there? (this is a rhetorical question, I know about the Bessa and the ZM...) Right now M9 has a backlog of 3-6 months (!) I suspect a good number will go on the used market in ~2 months. My guess is that by Sept 09, 2010, you can pick up a used M9 for $5500. On Mon, Mar 29, 2010 at 10:00 PM, Frank Filippone <red735i at earthlink.net>wrote: > Absolutely...... > > I do not have, nor wish to spend, $7K on a camera "box". > If Leica had a FF camera at $4K, I MIGHT be tempted..... > > Just as an aside, I do not understand the rationale for a $7K camera..... > other than the obvious, whatever the market will bear..... > > Frank Filippone > red735i at earthlink.net > > > I don't. The M9 is an improvement on the M8, for sure, but no way will I > spend the current price on one. When I can get one for the price I paid for > my M8, I will consider it. > > Nathan > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > -- // richard <http://www.imagecraft.com/> blog: < http://imagecraft.wordpress.com> // portfolio: <http://www.imagecraft.com/pub/PICS/AnotherCalifornia2> // mailing lists: <http://www.imagecraft.com/contact.html> [ For technical support on ImageCraft products, please include all previous replies in your msgs. ]