Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/06/03
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On Jun 3, 2008, at 8:29 AM, Bob Adler wrote: > I got lucky (thanks to Steve Barbour!) and got a demo for a relative > song; only a few hundred more than what was quoted to the original > poster (Stacy?). Came with a 1 year warranty. I figure after a year > I'll send it for a shutter upgrade and get an additional 2 years. > Worth the piece of mind if you can find such a beast. Most Leica > dealers have demos. Mine had never been opened and came with an > extra battery by mistake... > Better to be lucky than good :-) best to be lucky and good, like you... Steve > > Bob > Bob Adler > Palo Alto, CA > http://www.raflexions.com > > > > ----- Original Message ---- > From: Vick Ko <vick.ko@sympatico.ca> > To: Leica Users Group <lug@leica-users.org> > Sent: Tuesday, June 3, 2008 3:22:39 AM > Subject: Re: [Leica] Leica M8 > > Sanjay > > You can also rent one from Rich Pinto in New York. > > My advice - if you buy one, get one with a warranty. > > If you are worried about the money, you will always worry about the > money. If you are like me, that part won't go away. > > I dithered for a long time on buying my M8. Even for a year of owning > an RD1. I bought the RD1 because it was cheap ($1500 approx) and at > that price, I got into digital M shooting. Then finally an M8 with > Rich > Pinto, just before the 2008 price increases. I still dither about > selling it and getting back into pure film. > > But for grab shots, like at my son's soccer practise, it is wonderful. > I can fire off a gazillion shots and cull out the keepers, with the > illusion that it is cheaper. > > But I could also have done the same with a Nikon D300, but I'd have to > buy a few Nikon lenses. But it wouldn't be "Leica". > > So - as a constant "buy and try" person who worries about money, I > sympathize. > > Best of luck on your decision. > > Vick > > _______________________________________________ > 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