Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/08/31
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]gene, so far every new digital camera has been better than the previous versions, so i think it will hold true for the M, but today m8 is the best since it is the only one. i have been a film hold out for a long time but i have also been digital. i look at them as different medium. they are all good. On 8/31/07, grduprey@mchsi.com <grduprey@mchsi.com> wrote: > What makes you beleive it will be greatly improved? A FF sensor does not > mean it will work any differently, just have a larger sensor. > > Personnaly Larry, I think you should just flip a coin, heads you stay with > film, tails you buy the M8. Simple. > > gene > > -------------- Original message from Lawrence Zeitlin > <lrzeitlin@optonline.net>: -------------- > > > > Will there be an M9? > > > > "- You're asking for an announcement that we haven't made yet. If you > > continue counting, it would be the logical next step. As > > official statement I can't say anything. But imagine this: if you > > were a Leica developer and you found a way - I'm using the > > Speculative - to fit a Full-Format sensor, and the crop-factor drops > > off, then you'd do it, wouldn't you?" > > > > WOW - wait till we hear the postings on this one. The Leica marketing > > department must be tearing out it's hair. Nothing kills present > > product sales like announcing a new and greatly improved model before > > it is ready to ship. The flip side is that perhaps it is ready to > > ship for the holiday season - and this was a pre announcement to > > gauge potential interest. > > > > Have a nice Labor Day weekend (for US Luggers only). Of course as a > > recent retiree, Labor Day is only a state of mind. > > > > Larry Z > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Leica Users Group. > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > -- ------------------------------------- regards, mehrdad