Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/09/25

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Subject: [Leica] will you ever buy another leica body?
From: r.s.taylor_post at comcast.net (Richard S. Taylor)
Date: Thu Sep 25 08:36:19 2008
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I still have a bunch of M lenses waiting for a digital body at a price  
I'm willing to pay.  The M8.2 is over $6K now.   Impossible!   I'm  
hoping Nikon, or Zeiss or maybe Panasonic will finally come through  
with something affordable.

Regards,

Dick
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On Sep 25, 2008, at 11:09 AM, Kyle Cassidy wrote:

> In the serious discussion I noticed several people said or implied  
> that
> they would probably never buy another M body. I may or may not myself,
> but I was thinking that I'm probably actually MORE likely to buy  
> another
> _leica_ than I was before. I suddenly find the idea of having an R3 or
> some variant much more appealing than I did before. (I'd love an R8  
> but
> I don't think the prices will likely drop into "affordable for goofing
> off" any time soon).
>
> I suspect that after a few years on digital hiatus we may slowly  
> return
> to our closets, get out our old leicas and take the occasional photo.
> After which we will be depressed at how much money it costs every time
> you press the shutter and probably go back to digital, but who knows.
>
> There may be a new leica in my future. They are so beautiful.
>
> Kc
>
>
>
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Replies: Reply from kididdoc at cox.net (Steve Barbour) ([Leica] will you ever buy another leica body?)
In reply to: Message from kcassidy at asc.upenn.edu (Kyle Cassidy) ([Leica] will you ever buy another leica body?)