Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/04/08
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Come on, it's like saying to people on food stamp that they shouldn't have ice cream and only spend it on "important" stuff. What if there are joy of owning and using Leica, in additional to whatever image quality benefits there may be. On Sun, Apr 8, 2012 at 9:54 PM, Jayanand Govindaraj <jayanand at gmail.com>wrote: > Whatever may be the reason and justification, I agree 100% with Kay Yang > from an economic and investment point of view. There are much less > expensive cameras that a full fledged working photographer can use to get > results that are equally acceptable in the marketplace. > Cheers > Jayanand > Cheers > Jayanand > > On Mon, Apr 9, 2012 at 10:12 AM, Chris Crawford < > chris at chriscrawfordphoto.com> wrote: > > > Phil bought the camera in better times; like most Americans, this economy > > has made making a living hard in recent years. I've had to sell gear to > > pay bills too. He is a working professional photographer, not a rich man > > playing with Leicas because they're expensive toys. I think it sucks he > > has to sell them and it sucks that real photographers really cannot > afford > > this stuff anymore. > > > > -- > > Chris Crawford > > Fine Art Photography > > Fort Wayne, Indiana > > 260-437-8990 > > > > http://www.chriscrawfordphoto.com My portfolio > > > > http://blog.chriscrawfordphoto.com My latest work! > > > > http://www.facebook.com/pages/Christopher-Crawford/48229272798 > > Become a fan on Facebook > > > > > > > > On 4/9/12 12:27 AM, "Kay Yang" <liangjiyang at gmail.com> wrote: > > > > >If you need that extra few thousands to survive, you probably shouldn't > be > > >shooting with a Leica M in the first place. > > > > > >On Sun, Apr 8, 2012 at 7:03 PM, Phil Forrest > > ><photo.forrest at earthlink.net>wrote: > > > > > >> I actually might. > > >> The M8 is a fantastic camera. I still have a bunch of UV/IR filters. I > > >> have an M9 and could definitely use the extra few thousand to live off > > >> of. > > >> > > >> Phil Forrest > > >> > > >> > > >> On Sun, 8 Apr 2012 11:07:32 -0400 > > >> Vick Ko <vick.ko at sympatico.ca> wrote: > > >> > > >> > Would you trade your M9 to go back to an M8? > > >> > > > >> > Factors: > > >> > - M9 is still $5K to $6, and will start going down its devaluation > > >> > curve > > >> > - M8 is likely at the bottom of its devaluation curve, with mint > > >> > units at $2.5K > > >> > - M8 is still a darned fine camera, and I still have a whack of > UV/IR > > >> > filters > > >> > > > >> > Has anyone gone from M9 back to an M8? What were your reasons? > > >> > > > >> > Vick > > >> > > > >> > _______________________________________________ > > >> > Leica Users Group. > > >> > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more > information > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> -- > > >> philforrest.wordpress.com > > >> gallery.leica-users.org/v/philforrest > > >> > > >> _______________________________________________ > > >> Leica Users Group. > > >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > >> > > > > > >_______________________________________________ > > >Leica Users Group. > > >See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Leica Users Group. > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > -- // richard <http://www.richardmanphoto.com>