[Leica] M10 Rumors..

Sat Dec 10 04:23:32 PST 2016

Or as the Romans put it: Qui leicam fugit, fuji elicit ...

Amities 
Philippe

Le 10 déc. 2016 à 12:59, Peter Dzwig <pdzwig at summaventures.com> a écrit :

> I agree Ted, we all love Leica - at least in principle. But prices and stories
> such as Doug's lead you to despair!
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> I still have - and use - my M3 and IIIf (the latter of which propelled me into
> joining the LUG - a very good thing) and I would love to try out a decent
> digital Leica. But I regret that it is now probably forever outside my price range.
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> Hence my move to Fuji bodies and adaptors to use my M-kit.
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> Peter
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> On 09/12/2016 21:11, Ted Grant wrote:
>> 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.
>>> 
>>> Cheers,
>>> Nathan
>>> 
>>> Nathan Wajsman
>>> Alicante, Spain
>>> http://www.frozenlight.eu <http://www.frozenlight.eu/>
>>> http:// <http://www.greatpix.eu/>www.greatpix.eu
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>>> Cycling: http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/belgiangator <
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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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