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Subject: [Leica] leica m8 owners, r u upgrading
From: kididdoc at cox.net (Steve Barbour)
Date: Tue Oct 21 12:10:14 2008
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On Oct 21, 2008, at 12:01 PM, grduprey@mchsi.com wrote:

> SWMBO just laughs when I suggest this strategy.  I make sure I am  
> not between her and the edge of the water here in Barcelona.  ;-)

maybe you can work out something with Lluis...

you want one (but can't), he doesn't want one  (but can?)...

I'll bite my tongue,

Steve




>
>
> Gene
>
> -------------- Original message ----------------------
> From: Nathan Wajsman <photo@frozenlight.eu>
>>
>> Hmmm...Vick, what is the market price for an M8 with a chip on the  
>> LCD?
>>
>> Gene, I think you need to dump that obsolete M8 and get the M8.2 :-)
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Nathan
>>
>> Nathan Wajsman
>> Alicante, Spain
>> http://www.frozenlight.eu
>> http://www.greatpix.eu
>> http://www.nathanfoto.com
>>
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>>
>>
>>
>> On Oct 21, 2008, at 8:13 PM, grduprey@mchsi.com wrote:
>>
>>> Well, I chipped the bottom edge of my LCD the other day, dang thing
>>> slipped off my shoulder.  I flogged it severely for trying to
>>> escape, so I think it will not do that again.  ;-)  So far I am
>>> resisting the upgrades.
>>>
>>> Gene
>>>
>>> -------------- Original message ----------------------
>>> From: "Frank Filippone" <red735i@earthlink.net>
>>>>
>>>> Remember, you also get a 1 year extended warranty, which may be
>>>> worth more
>>>> than $1000.
>>>>
>>>> If your used M8 brings $3500 in the used market and you save $1000
>>>> by not
>>>> upgrading but rather purchasing a M8.2, then the new camera cost
>>>> you an
>>>> upgrade cost of ( $$ New Camera Price  - $4500).  I think I
>>>> remember the
>>>> M8.2 is $6300, which makes the M8.2 $1800 more, but the warranty is
>>>> brand
>>>> new, so it is 3 years......2 years more than the upgrade.  Is the
>>>> warranty
>>>> worth $1000 a year to you?  If it breaks, what are the repair
>>>> costs?  RELALY
>>>> high, I bet.
>>>>
>>>> Personally, if the cost is really not that much of a problem with
>>>> the home
>>>> finance manager, the new M8.2 is the better deal.  Then again, I am
>>>> still
>>>> shooting film, so what do I know.......
>>>>
>>>> I think Leica did a good job of pricing the upgrades and of pricing
>>>> the new
>>>> camera.. it so not obvious if the new camera or the upgrade is the
>>>> greater
>>>> bargain.
>>>>
>>>> Frank Filippone
>>>> red735i@earthlink.net
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> I have put my name on the list for the upgrade, but now i don't  
>>>> know
>>>> if shutter upgrade (the only one i was looking at) is worth it. for
>>>> 1000usd  you can do a lot of stuff and the camera itself will
>>>> succeeded soon by at least the M9 (may be even ziess or voiltander
>>>> jump in too)
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
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