Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2020/02/18
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]An epilog to this story is that I never upgraded/sidegraded/downgraded to another digital camera. As I am not a PRO, nor do I need to change away from Leica due to whatever reasons, the M9 was it. I have an E-3 which I bought for event photography (e.g. taiko performance) but the M is my love. It still takes wonderful images, same as the day I bought it. Of course in the meanwhile, I started shooting 4x5, Hasselblad, 8x10, and still love the XPan. The M does everything that I don't haul out the big cameras for. On Don's point, the 40+ MP, usable ISO of 100,000+ etc. are here. I am sure that if I were to get an M10M, 10 years afterward, if I am still alive and my eyes don't fail me etc., I would still be using it On Tue, Feb 18, 2020 at 7:14 AM Brian Reid <reid at mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> wrote: > I bought a Canon 1DsMKII in 2004 for many many thousands of dollars. I > don't remember what I paid, but it was a lot. In 2018 I threw it in the > trash because I couldn't get $100 for it on eBay and wasn't willing to > do the work of shipping a camera for any lower amount. > > On 2020-02-18 7:09 am, chris williams via LUG wrote: > > 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 > > > > _______________________________________________ > > 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://imagecraft.com Beyond Arduino - When you're ready to get serious... JumpStart C Tools for Atmel AVR and Cortex-M, The Better Alternative