[Leica] 2013 Numbers

[jsmith342 at gmail.com (Jeffery Smith)]

2,963 - Olympus E-3
1,932 - Pentax K-5

(Both used in taking theatre/musical)

Only a few on Leica M8. After one replacement body and an expensive repair
(based on two different problems...shutter fault and no card fault), the M8
could be the least reliable camera in photographic history if my problems
are any indication. It seems to be Leica's "dirty little secret" that might
help explain the LUGers flight to other bodies that accept Leica glass.
That Leica's warrantee doesn't apply to non-professionals is even more
offensive to people who paid the same price at BH.

If I were to ever become a professional photographer, I would buy a Leica
digital monochrome in a heartbeat. Not likely at my age. So I'll go with a
film camera with Leica glass or a dSLR. The choice of amateurs!

Jeffery

On Tuesday, January 7, 2014, John McMaster wrote:

> I do not take a huge number of photos, too many years with medium
> format/sheet film and I do not take many portraits....
>
> However I did display over 1000 images (just over 10% of my take) during
> 2013.....a mixture of PAW, flowers and Ted's assignments and all on Leica.
>
> john
> ________________________________________
>
>
> Mine too.
> I am pretty ruthless at deleting pictures I don't like, having learned
> that having a box of slides with only a couple of really nice images in it
> was a pain. I started throwing away unliked slides and do the same with
> digital (when I make time).
> My M9 took just 139 pictures in 2013, compared with 1300 normally. I
> bought a Fuji X Pro 1 at the end of 2012 and since my subjects nowadays are
> often grandchildren running about in poor light the Fuji has been a
> frequent choice instead of the M9.
> Fuji X-Pro 1 ........ 1164
> Leica DMR ............102
> Olympus OM-D......511
> Leica M....................53
> Nikon D3x               138
>
> Frank D.
>
>
> On 5 Jan, 2014, at 21:57, Peter Klein <pklein at threshinc.com 
> <javascript:;>>
> wrote:
>
> > My totals are much more modest.
> >
> > E-M5--------1995
> > M8------------198
> > Total--------2293
> >
> > The M8 is feeling neglected. The E-M5 was the shiny new thing, so it got
> more attention. Also, the E-M5 is much better in low light and a more
> versatile travel camera than the M8. And my two eye surgeries plus a
> "procedure" made focusing the Leica difficult to impossible for several
> months.
> >
> > Interestingly, despite the eye surgeries, I still took more photos in
> 2013 than in 2012, and slightly more than 2011.  I didn't do any scanning
> this year, but that's going to change this year when I get my hands on some
> old family photos that are calling me from their boxes in the attic.  Now
> all I have to do is find them amongst the other relics.  :-)
> >
> > --Peter
> >
> > On 2014-01-02, at 7:55 AM, Tina Manley <images at comporium.net> wrote:
> >
> > > PESO:
> > >
> > > I've been counting this morning.  In 2013, I took 15,702 digital
> photos.
> > >
> > > Leica M240.........5381
> > > Leica MM............5212
> > > Leica M9.............4221
> > > R9DMR..........,......772
> > > Canon 1DMII,,,,,,,.,,,18
> > > Unknown?..............102
> > >
> >
>
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-- 
Jeffery L. Smith
New Orleans, LA