Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/06/02
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]B&H Photos current pricing: MP .72 35mm Rangefinder Manual Focus Camera Body - Silver Price: $4,395.00 M8.2 Rangefinder Digital Camera Body (Black) # Price: $5,995.00 On Tue, Jun 2, 2009 at 3:44 PM, Peter Dzwig <pdzwig at summaventures.com> wrote: > > I still think that if I had to buy one Leica new it would be an MP. I know > that > it is still film, but..On the other hand if someone dropped me off a free > ?4000 > M8.2 .... > > It's that price! > > Peter Dzwig > > Thein Onn Ming wrote: > > Thanks for the warning. The shutter still operates all speeds > > mechanically, doesn't it? I guess if all is lost I can still use my M8 > > as a meter... > > > > On Jun 1, 2009, at 11:03 PM, Chris Saganich wrote: > > > >> The M6ttl battery dies very quickly if the camera isn't turned off so > >> to speak. ?So fast that I wondered if their wasn't a circuit problem. > >> This is the main reason (as well as the flair issue) that I changed to > >> the MP. ?I've changed the battery in the MP once in 3 years and I was > >> happy to use it without a battery for a few months. > >> > >> > >> At 06:35 AM 5/30/2009, you wrote: > >>> Quick question for you experts - are there any significant > >>> differences between the M6TTL and the MP other than no TTL flash on > >>> the MP, RF flare fix, and the rewind knob? > >>> > >>> THEIN Onn Ming > >>> *photohorologer ming at www.mingthein.com > >>> www.flickr.com/mingthein > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> _______________________________________________ > >>> Leica Users Group. > >>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > >> > >> Chris Saganich MS, CPH > >> Senior Physicist, Office of Health Physics > >> Weill Medical College of Cornell University > >> New York Presbyterian Hospital > >> chs2018 at med.cornell.edu > >> http://intranet.med.cornell.edu/research/health_phys/ > >> Ph. 212.746.6964 > >> Fax. 212.746.4800 > >> Office A-0049 > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Leica Users Group. > >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > THEIN Onn Ming > > *photohorologer ming at www.mingthein.com > > www.flickr.com/mingthein > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Leica Users Group. > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > -- > > =========================================================== > Dr Peter Dzwig > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information -- Regards, Sonny http://www.sonc.com http://sonc.stumbleupon.com/ Natchitoches, Louisiana ? (+31.754164,-093.099080) USA