Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/06/13

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Subject: [Leica] Digital Leica M
From: bdcolen at comcast.net (B. D. Colen)
Date: Tue Jun 13 08:53:49 2006

Gee, I wonder how many people are getting ready to sink $5K into a Leica DM
thinking that it won't be serviceable 3-5 years after they buy it...


On 6/13/06 9:51 AM, "Frank Filippone" <red735i@earthlink.net> wrote:

> Used JOBO processors are cheap, always have been.  I am thinking of buying 
> a
> almost new CPE2 as a backup.... just in case ( or is
> that .... for when I need it?)
> 
> BD is right that for us dedicated film users, and especially JOBO users,
> getting a long range solution ( as long as we will be alive
> doing this hobby) means taking the right precautions against supply side
> availability.  That includes film ( in my case, about 600
> sheets of 4x5 in the freezer), chemistry ( I can always buy the raw
> ingredients and mix my own), equipment ( the JOBO), and paper.
> Paper is the key.... it can not be kept long term like film can, and it 
> takes
> up too much space to stockpile.  Thank goodness there
> are foreign sources that will keep me through my lifetime.
> 
> It is a bit of a crapshoot, but going digital has the attendant cost of
> equipment that I know will not be serviceable in 3-5 years
> after I buy it.  
> 
> It is a tradeoff.....
> 
> Frank Filippone
> red735i@earthlink.net
> 
> 
> 
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