Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2020/02/18
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Don?t you would even get $700 out of a used 10 yr Canon or Nikon. Leica still holds value. Chris Williams www.dcdocumentaryphotographers.com www.zoeicaimages.net 504-231-6261 > On Feb 18, 2020, at 6:11 AM, Don Dory via LUG <lug at leica-users.org> > wrote: > > ?I'm glad that you could put a price on the usage of your M9. Most of us > remember when Leica's went up in value; I knew one gentleman that would buy > two of everything leaving one in an unopened box. After 5-10 years would > sell the pristine one to pay for both. Digital has pretty much ruined that > as you called out. I am waiting for the day when a body has enough > technology to be good enough for ten years; 40+mp, built in IS, ISO good to > 50,000. Surely that would be sufficient to be competitive for ten years. > >> On Tue, Feb 18, 2020 at 3:20 AM Richard Man <richard at richardman.photo> >> wrote: >> >> So I just sold my M9 with corroded sensor for $700 to someone who wants a >> spare donor body when his m9 dies. >> >> I bought it for $5000, as a demo model, in Feb 2010. Just 10 years ago. So >> cost per month is $36. >> >> I have taken just over 40,000 pics with it, so cost per image is 11 cents. >> >> On average, I have taken 333 images per month, just over 11 images per >> day. >> >> As they say in the commercials, some images are priceless, to me. So well >> worth it. >> >> -- >> "Some People Drive, We Are Driven" >> https://richardman.photo >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> > > > -- > Don > don.dory at gmail.com > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information