[Leica] M10 Rumors..

Sat Dec 10 06:45:14 PST 2016

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Jim Nichols
Tullahoma, TN USA

On 12/10/2016 6:23 AM, Philippe wrote:
> Or as the Romans put it: Qui leicam fugit, fuji elicit ...
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> Amities
> Philippe
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> Le 10 déc. 2016 à 12:59, Peter Dzwig <pdzwig at summaventures.com> a écrit :
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>> 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..
>>>
>>> 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
>>>> http://www.frozenlight.eu <http://www.frozenlight.eu/>
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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:
>>>>>> Hope springs eternal!!!
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>>>>>> Now about that $10K...
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Frank Filippone
>>>>>> Red735i at verizon.net
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>>>>>> I heard rumors about electronic rangefinder ...
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