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 Leica M8 did not suddenly turn into a paperweight when the M9 was released. I still have it, almost 12 years after buying it, and my two photos in the yearbook were both made with it (and much older Leica lenses). I am not "competing" with anybody. Yes, the more modern Fuji and Panasonic cameras are better all-round (especially in poor light) and of course there is the autofocus, but when the light is good enough to shoot at ISO 320 then my M8 and the 1970s vintage lenses I use hold their own very well. Nathan Wajsman Alicante, Spain http://www.frozenlight.eu http://[www.greatpix.eu](http://www.greatpix.eu) PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws Blog: http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/ Cycling: http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/belgiangator YNWA > On 18 February 2020 at 17:50 Frank Filippone via LUG <lug at > leica-users.org> wrote: > > > I have a Nikon D200 with about 1000 exposures on it. I got it from my > son. It is worth less than $200. > It was introduced in 2005. I keep it with the thought to convert it to IR. > Maybe I will...... > > Frank Filippone > BMWRed735i at gmail.com > > > On Tue, Feb 18, 2020 at 5:09 AM chris williams via LUG <lug at > leica-users.org> > 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