[Leica] Price of each M9 photo...

[Gene Duprey]

My M8 still going strong, still getting great images out of it, never repaired.

Gene

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> On Feb 18, 2020, at 9:39 AM, Richard Man <richard at imagecraft.com> wrote:
> 
> 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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>>>>>> https://richardman.photo
>>>>>> 
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>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> --
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>>>>> don.dory at gmail.com
>>>>> 
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