Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/09/13

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Subject: [Leica] Re: Video of M8
From: leicachris at worldnet.att.net (Christopher Williams)
Date: Wed Sep 13 21:41:09 2006
References: <C12D9072.15506%bd@bdcolenphoto.com> <CD0E5A86-50B8-4CAC-86D3-D455D5410B20@mac.com>

I hate to compare P&S's to an M8 but the Digilux 2 is 2 yrs old and still
goes for over $1400 on that auction site.

Chris

----- Original Message -----
From: "Richard Clompus"
Subject: [Leica] Video of M8


> BD,
>
> I suspect the the M8 will hold about half of its value after 2 years
> of use.  That's not too bad.  By that time, Leica will need to refine
> the sensor or upgrade the image processor to remain somewhat
> competitive.  When they do, I'll sell my M8 for an M8.2 or M9.  It
> will give another photographer the opportunity to obtain a Leica
> camera at a lower cost entry point.  You never know when Zeiss may
> introduce their digital rangefinder to liven up the marketplace a
> bit.  In the famous words of Kurt Vonnegut, "and so it goes."
>
> Richard



In reply to: Message from bd at bdcolenphoto.com (B. D. Colen) ([Leica] Video of M8)
Message from rclompus at mac.com (Richard Clompus) ([Leica] Video of M8)