[Leica] M10 Rumors..

[John McMaster]

In fairness we are talking about a limited run lens (<2000 made?) that finished production nearly a decade ago, I got warnings about nothing more could be done when I had some of my APO-Telyt Modular stuff modified. Some exotic Canon lenses can no longer be repaired (50/1.0 and 200/1.8) despite being 'rather' expensive.

As to prices,  is an M(240) more than the top of the range Canikons (D5, 1DX)? Lenses are pricy but last a long time....

I still have not used anything (tried Nikon and Fuji) that I enjoy using or takes images that look as good to my eyes as my Leica's do.

john

-----Original Message-----

I agree Ted, we all love Leica - at least in principle. But prices and stories such as Doug's lead you to despair!

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.

Hence my move to Fuji bodies and adaptors to use my M-kit.

Peter

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.
> 
> 
> -----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..
> 
> 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.
> 
> Fangirl,
> 
> Tina
> 
> On Fri, Dec 9, 2016 at 1:58 PM, Nathan Wajsman <photo at frozenlight.eu> wrote:
> 
>> 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
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>>
>>> On 09 Dec 2016, at 15:19, Sonny Carter <sonc.hegr at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> Yeah, about that 10K . .  .
>>>
>>> I'm now out of Leica digital altogether.  I kept my M4, and some lenses.
>>>
>>> On Fri, Dec 9, 2016 at 8:17 AM, Frank Filippone 
>>> <red735i at verizon.net>
>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hope springs eternal!!!
>>>>
>>>> Now about that $10K...
>>>>
>>>> Frank Filippone
>>>> Red735i at verizon.net
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> I heard rumors about electronic rangefinder ...
>>>>