[Leica] Price of each M9 photo...

[Richard Man]

Oh, notice the figure of 11 cents per image? That's $3.96 for 36 images,
within striking distance of a roll of film.

On Tue, Feb 18, 2020 at 7:34 AM Richard Man <richard at imagecraft.com> wrote:

> 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.
>> >>>
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>> >>
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>> >> don.dory at gmail.com
>> >>
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