Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2020/02/18
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]My M8 still going strong, still getting great images out of it, never repaired. Gene Sent from my iPad > On Feb 18, 2020, at 9:39 AM, Richard Man <richard at imagecraft.com> wrote: > > ?Oh, notice the figure of 11 cents per image? That's $3.96 for 36 images, > within striking distance of a roll of film. > >> On Tue, Feb 18, 2020 at 7:34 AM Richard Man <richard at imagecraft.com> >> wrote: >> >> 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 >> > > > -- > // 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 > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information