Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/09/25
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Steve, Yes, I remeber film, but my wife will not let me use it. ;-( Sure miss using my R8. Gene -------------- Original message ---------------------- From: Steve Barbour <kididdoc@cox.net> > > On Sep 25, 2008, at 8:25 AM, wildlightphoto@earthlink.net wrote: > > > Kyle Cassidy <kcassidy@asc.upenn.edu> 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). > > > > film: I won't buy another film Leica, the Leicaflex SL that I > > already have > > meets my needs for a film camera and if you've looked at the KEH > > catalog > > lately these are dirt cheap by Leica standards, like LTM cameras > > were in > > the 1960s. > > > > digital: if the R10 is smaller than the R8 with DMR, has a viewfinder > > approaching the quality of the SL and produces files as good as or > > better > > than the DMR, I'm all over it. If the S2 indicates Leica's thinking > > w.r.t. > > the R10 I'll be broke again shortly after the R10 first becomes > > available. > > Better yet an SL3d. > > I just bought an R6...and I'm actually using it ... > > as well as my M7 and MP... > > remember film, > > what fun, > > Steve > > > > > > > > > Doug Herr > > Birdman of Sacramento > > http://www.wildlightphoto.com > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > > mail2web.com ? What can On Demand Business Solutions do for you? > > http://link.mail2web.com/Business/SharePoint > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > 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