Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2014/12/07

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Subject: [Leica] Trade in my M9?
From: richard at richardmanphoto.com (Richard Man)
Date: Sun, 7 Dec 2014 18:00:42 -0800
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Tina, I was going to add "- unless you are Tina and other low light
shooters, that actually rely on low light shooting" :-)

On Sun, Dec 7, 2014 at 5:53 PM, Tina Manley <tmanley at gmail.com> wrote:

> If you take lots of photos in low light, you will get much more than 10%
> better photos. The higher ISOs of the M240 make shots possible that were
> not possible with the M9.
>
> Tina
>
> On Sun, Dec 7, 2014 at 8:50 PM, Richard Man <richard at 
> richardmanphoto.com>
> wrote:
>
> > Did you read my 10% reply to Sue? Basically, at best, the M240 may get
> you
> > 10% better photos. How many photos are you happy with now? Lets see it's
> 10
> > out of 100. With the M240, you get... 11 photos.
> >
> > Is it worth it to sell the M9 for $4000-$4500 and gte an M240 for that
> > extra photo? You shall be the judge.
> >
> > But there is nothing against people wanting the next best thing, so....
> >
> >
> > On Sun, Dec 7, 2014 at 4:27 PM, Leland Deane <lmdmd at att.net> wrote:
> >
> > > OK, so I'm a fairly happy M9 guy (see attached) and it's done well by
> me
> > > but M9's are doing well on the used market and I have considered
> trading
> > > in/selling to get the M240. So....I need the honest and august opinions
> > of
> > > this great group to tell me if I'm crazy. I am all about the sensor
> > quality
> > > and do not in particular need 'live view' (have that on my Canon 5D
> mark
> > > III) or video capabilities. For those of you with both or who have had
> > > both, please give me your impressions of one vs. the other.
> > > Much appreciated.
> > > Recent photo of my kids attached---lightly processed in CC (view large)
> > > Thanks,
> > > Leland
> > >
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> >
> >
> >
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>
>
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>
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In reply to: Message from lmdmd at att.net (Leland Deane) ([Leica] Trade in my M9?)
Message from richard at richardmanphoto.com (Richard Man) ([Leica] Trade in my M9?)
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