[Leica] Price of each M9 photo...

[Richard Man]

An epilog to this story is that I never upgraded/sidegraded/downgraded to
another digital camera. As I am not a PRO, nor do I need to change away
from Leica due to whatever reasons, the M9 was it. I have an E-3 which I
bought for event photography (e.g. taiko performance) but the M is my love.
It still takes wonderful images, same as the day I bought it.

Of course in the meanwhile, I started shooting 4x5, Hasselblad, 8x10, and
still love the XPan. The M does everything that I don't haul out the big
cameras for.

On Don's point, the 40+ MP, usable ISO of 100,000+ etc. are here. I am sure
that if I were to get an M10M, 10 years afterward, if I am still alive and
my eyes don't fail me etc., I would still be using it

On Tue, Feb 18, 2020 at 7:14 AM Brian Reid <reid at mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>
wrote:

> I bought a Canon 1DsMKII in 2004 for many many thousands of dollars. I
> don't remember what I paid, but it was a lot. In 2018 I threw it in the
> trash because I couldn't get $100 for it on eBay and wasn't willing to
> do the work of shipping a camera for any lower amount.
>
> On 2020-02-18 7:09 am, chris williams via LUG 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
> >>>
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> >>
> >>
> >> --
> >> Don
> >> don.dory at gmail.com
> >>
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