[Leica] How to get an M8 for $3200...

[hoppyman at bigpond.net.au (Geoff Hopkinson)]

Richard, see the smiley in my reply ;-)
Of course, what I indicated was that there is no need to dump your camera
when a new camera model comes along. It will still work just fine. Now
technolust is a different thing ;-)
Naturally, I knew that you were an Olympus user.

But seriously, Leicas of course have much longer product lives than many
other brands. The product longevity of the M6, especially and M7 are
textbook cases. I don't know about the flagship E3 but Olympus has
publically committed to at least 12 monthly model changes on the rest of
their DSLRs. Ask the owners of the E400, E410, E510 ;-)

Cheers
Geoff
http://www.pbase.com/hoppyman/e
http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/gh/

-----Original Message-----
From: lug-bounces+hoppyman=bigpond.net.au@leica-users.org
[mailto:lug-bounces+hoppyman=bigpond.net.au@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of
Richard Man
Sent: Friday, 18 July 2008 12:45
To: Leica Users Group
Subject: RE: [Leica] How to get an M8 for $3200...

I didn't say the M8 won't be working as well. I am just saying based 
on Leica owner history :-) I myself have seen M6 "dumping" from 
~$2000 down to ~$1200 and M7 "dumping" (~$2400 down to ~$1800) when 
the new models were released.

Things that are "dumped" do seem to stabilize though, and not in a freefall.

Since I just bought in the E3 system, I will watch on the sideline a 
while longer. I do feel itchiness wanting to use the 35/1.4 from time 
to time :-)

At 07:37 PM 7/17/2008, Geoff Hopkinson wrote:
>Why Richard I am surprised at you. An M8 will keep on working and
delivering
>the same quality as it does now! You must be thinking of Olympus product
>cycles ;-)
>
>
>
>Cheers
>Geoff
>http://www.pbase.com/hoppyman/e
>http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/gh/
>-----Original Message-----
>From: lug-bounces+hoppyman=bigpond.net.au@leica-users.org
>[mailto:lug-bounces+hoppyman=bigpond.net.au@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of
>Richard Man
>Sent: Friday, 18 July 2008 12:24
>To: lug-leica-users.org
>Subject: [Leica] How to get an M8 for $3200...
>
>Step 1: Wait until Photokina for whatever Leica will be announcing
>Step 2: Wait until current M8 owners to unload, trade in, their M8s
>
>2 more months!
>

// richard (This email is for mailing lists. To reach me directly, 
please use richard at imagecraft.com) 


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