Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/01/28
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I hope for Leica's sake that they can do better than that (unless of course the R10 has autofocus). Nathan On 29-jan-2008, at 0:12, grduprey@mchsi.com wrote: > 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) >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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 > Nathan Wajsman nathan@nathanfoto.com General photography: http://www.nathanfoto.com http://www.greatpix.eu http://www.frozenlight.eu Picture-A-Week: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws Blog: http://www.fotocycle.dk/blog