[Leica] Another R option (now M9)

[wanderjan at gmail.com (Jan Decher)]

Frank,
I am with, 7K for a RF camera is definitely out of the question for me.  I
will hold on to my used M6 ($1100 with 3.5/50mm Elmar, case & lots of film)
and hope for someone like Fuji or Cosina to give us an affordable digital M
body down the road. Fujifilm may be only just flexing its muscle with the
X100.

I was reasonably interested in getting into the R system after the ingenious
Kyocera Contax N / 645  systems went under.  With the supersonically priced
S2 system Leica has definitely lost me (and I am sure many others) as a
potential SLR customer.

Anyone know what's the hold-up with the Zeiss/Cosina 1.5/50mm Sonnar not
being available from any of he usual suspects (B&H etc.) right now?  Was
Cosina affected by the Tsunami?

1.5/50 Sonnar is the next lens on my list for the M6 after a huge
disppointment with H. Scherer's work on my Zeiss Ikon Contax IIIa (now
sold).
Jan

----- Original Message ----
From: Frank Filippone <red735i at earthlink.net>
You don't really mean this...... do you?
For one, the day I buy an M9 for $7K, is the last day I stay married.
If there were a $3-4-5K M9. I might be tempted.
For a backup camera, a $3-4-5K M9 would also sell like hotcakes.
If you double the volume, ( using the perverse and inverse of Moore's Law)
the manufacturing cost should halve.
Frank Filippone
<Red735i at earthlink.net>