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

[images at comporium.net (Tina Manley)]

At 07:11 PM 8/10/2009, you wrote:
>Geoff,
>
>I'd have purchased an M8 in a HEARTBEAT if a) I had to work on deadline and
>needed great images fast and b) I could justify the investment through heavy
>professional use (as in the case of Tina and other pros on the LUG.

You are a heavy professional, Jim, you're just not making any money 
from your photos ;-) .  BUT YOU SHOULD BE!!  A book, a website, a 
documentary project with lots of grants.  You've proven that you 
don't need an M8 but when your photography becomes a money-making 
proposition instead of a money-draining hobby, you might 
reconsider.  You don't have to, of course.  You can stay with film 
and we'll still love everything you show us, but digital would be so, 
so much easier and cheaper for you.  When the M9 comes out, I may 
have a well-used M8 for sale ;-)

Tina