[Leica] Price of each M9 photo...

[Mark Rabiner]

I'm not throwing my Nikon D200 out either and might do the conversion as well.
When you see the grades Dxomark gives it compared to what we're shooting now it's disheartening.
Literally converts an Aspheric Modern Leica lens to a $40 mid 1970's Soligar special.
It's like you could do better with a pencil and paper.
I'll tell you when I got a compact cheaper D40x a few years later I felt the sensor was a noticeable improvement.

Having just done a Nikon D200 Bing search and came up with:
" The D200 has been superseded by the far superior D300, even though you certainly buy all the new D200s you want. This review is now an historical artifact, mostly written back in 2005. 2005 is ancient history in digital camera years."
Rockwell.
"Comparing a CCD sensor driven camera with a modern CMOS sensor is apples and oranges"
Rabs.

 
 

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Mark William Rabiner
Photographer

On 2/18/20, 11:50 AM, "LUG on behalf of Frank Filippone via LUG" <lug-bounces+mark=rabinergroup.com at leica-users.org on behalf of lug at leica-users.org> 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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