[Leica] Price of each M9 photo...

[Jim Nichols]

I have an Olympus E-1, introduced in 2003, that I bought used.  I keep 
it, and use it, because of its wonderful Kodak CCD sensor. Not many 
pixies, and low ISO values, but wonderful colors!

On 2/18/20 10:50 AM, Frank Filippone via LUG wrote:
> I have a Nikon D200 with about 1000 exposures on it.  I got it from my
> son.  It is worth less than $200.
> It was introduced in 2005.  I keep it with the thought to convert it to IR.
> Maybe I will......
>
> Frank Filippone
> BMWRed735i at gmail.com
>
>
> On Tue, Feb 18, 2020 at 5:09 AM chris williams via LUG <lug at leica-users.org>
> 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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Jim Nichols
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