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Subject: [Leica] How long has the M8 been out? Beyond warranty period?
From: grduprey at mchsi.com (grduprey@mchsi.com)
Date: Mon Jan 28 15:12:30 2008

The M9 is a year away at the earliest.  The word is if anything is 
announced, it will be the R10 this year.

gene

-------------- Original message ----------------------
From: Richard Man <richard-lists@imagecraft.com>
>
> That's what I am hoping. I clock'ed close to 10000 exposures on my 
> 4th R-D1, the previous 3 probably had about 3000 shots. So the R-D1 
> has served pretty well. (long way for me to reach the rated shutter 
> life). If the M9 is for sale by early 2009, that'd be either if it is 
> "affordable" (ha ha), or drive the M8 price down.
> 
> For that to happen though, we need people to buy new M8s :-)
> 
> At 10:56 PM 1/27/2008, Nathan Wajsman wrote:
> >Hi Vick,
> >
> >If you can muster the patience, wait till September--Leica will very
> >likely introduce the successor to the M8 at Photokina--it is the
> >biggest photo trade show and I cannot imagine them choosing any other
> >venue. Once the M9 or whatever is out, you should be able to pick up
> >an M8 for a reasonable price.
> >
> >As for reliability, I think with electronic thingies, once it is past
> >the first few months, it should be fine for years afterwards.
> >
> >Nathan
> >
> 
> // richard (This email is for mailing lists. To reach me directly, 
> please use richard at imagecraft.com) 
> 
> 
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