[Leica] M10 Rumors..
Steve Barbour
steve.barbour at gmail.com
Fri Dec 9 16:21:29 PST 2016
Thanks Ted, I agree ! so, do we love it, a resounding, of course, yes! great lenses especially! have things changed? mightily? certainly! is it worth it?
a resounding…. !
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> On Dec 9, 2016, at 1:11 PM, Ted Grant <tedgrant at shaw.ca> wrote:
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> Hi CREW,
> Well I must say I have always been a fan of LEICA!
> There isn't any question the Leica camera and lenses in whatever version as
> my working tools, helped give me the ability to capture the hundreds of
> thousands of photos I was fortunate to do so! With an odd winner thrown in
> by "good luck!" :-)
> How about 50 plus years or more with a half dozen bodies, "3 M's and 3 motor
> SLRS" in use most of that time! Lugging them about the world on "working
> assignments" of all kinds! And several award winning medical books.
> No not on happy holidays. But real paid work where you were expected to
> bring or send home the magic of your "sight (even though only one eye) and
> the quickness of your shutter finger!"
> LEICA Service was impeccable! Always through the Toronto, Canada office and
> service dept! Not that I required much, only on occasion. But they were
> great & quick! Some times on 24 hr replacement! :-) Aw those were the days!
> :-)
> So when I make negative comments about Leica and the service today? I make
> them due to years of experience, in some cases before some of you were born!
> Well a couple of you anyway? ;-)
> Oh I dabbled with Nikon & Canons, but really more as "playtime."
> But then I go back to the professional news days of lugging around a monster
> Speed Graphic 24 hours a day with a big flash bulb and reflector! Eventually
> a big "strobe flash!" :-(
> But when I became an independent photo operation, (my own company) I went
> all Leica, eventually to using the 6 cameras at a time on occasion. It
> depended on subject and assignment?
> Why all this? I don't know, maybe a slightly different perspective when one
> could buy a Leica without selling your home and service was impeccable!! :-(
> Compared to today?
> cheers,
> Dr. Ted Grant O. C.
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: LUG [mailto:lug-bounces+tedgrant=shaw.ca at leica-users.org] On Behalf Of
> Tina Manley
> Sent: December-09-16 11:16 AM
> To: Leica Users Group
> Subject: Re: [Leica] M10 Rumors..
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> I'm still all Leica and will be until I can't press the button anymore.
> Leica lenses and cameras are still the best available equipment for the
> kind of photography I like to do. I've tried Canon and Fuji and hate
> both. I still get great service from Leica in New Jersey but I always let
> them know how much I appreciate everything they do for me. I'm hard on
> equipment and they fix my mistakes and make sure I'm never without my
> favorite cameras.
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> Fangirl,
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> Tina
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> On Fri, Dec 9, 2016 at 1:58 PM, Nathan Wajsman <photo at frozenlight.eu> wrote:
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>> I still have my M8, and I enjoy using it when the light is good. I had it
>> with me in Italy last week, along with the Ricoh GRII. And I use it for
> IR.
>> But otherwise, most of my photography these days is with Fuji X cameras.
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>> Cheers,
>> Nathan
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>> Nathan Wajsman
>> Alicante, Spain
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>> YNWA
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>>> On 09 Dec 2016, at 15:19, Sonny Carter <sonc.hegr at gmail.com> wrote:
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>>> Yeah, about that 10K . . .
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>>> I'm now out of Leica digital altogether. I kept my M4, and some lenses.
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>>> On Fri, Dec 9, 2016 at 8:17 AM, Frank Filippone <red735i at verizon.net>
>> wrote:
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>>>> Hope springs eternal!!!
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>>>> Now about that $10K...
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>>>> Frank Filippone
>>>> Red735i at verizon.net
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>>>> I heard rumors about electronic rangefinder ...
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