[Leica] M9 - not much more expensive than M8?

[jshul at comcast.net (Jim Shulman)]

If that's the case, I'll wait until Mr. K or some other manufacturer comes
out with a FF M-mount RF camera for half that amount (or less.)

Jim Shulman
Wynnewood, PA

Who figures that, at $5 per roll (with processing chemicals), he could shoot
1600 rolls of Efke 50/Tri-X/Plus-X for the price of one of the new FF Leica
cameras.  Or, at $17 per roll for Velvia with processing, he could shoot 470
rolls.  (This year I will probably shoot about 70 rolls of film.)  



-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:lug-bounces+jshul=comcast.net at leica-users.org] On Behalf Of 
Richard
Man
Sent: Monday, August 10, 2009 5:41 PM
To: Leica Users Group
Subject: Re: [Leica] M9 - not much more expensive than M8?

People who know, can't say. People who heard, are saving their pennies :-)

Slightly larger than M8, no IR issues, 18-20 MP, full frame, About
$8000, delivery by end of the year or Feb 2010. My source is the horde
of gossiping poodles!

http://www.dragonsgate.net/pub/richard/PICS/L9991668.jpg

The idiotic thing about owning Leica is, when Nikon pulled that trick
($8000) with the D3X, they were ridiculed with Hilter, no less. But
with Leica? $8000 sounds almost like a good deal!!!



On Mon, Aug 10, 2009 at 2:31 PM, Geoff Hopkinson<hopsternew at gmail.com>
wrote:
> That ain't what I heard, Leo ;-)
> However rumours don't count until there is an actual announcement.
> One large Aussie dealer is (unofficially) quoting prices too.
> I'm amazed that so little of the M9 discussion has made it onto the LUG
thus
> far, everyone must be getting their gossip elsewhere.


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