Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/09/07
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I'm with you always On Mon, Sep 7, 2009 at 11:40 PM, Richard Man <richard.lists at gmail.com>wrote: > Dang, where's that curmudgeon that whines about people pissing and > moaning about pricing in whatever fancy car shops? :-) > > Anyway, I agree with Mark, it sounds like a round off error. 0.5mm is > pretty small and supposedly there are tons of room inside the M8 shell > to put in the full frame sensor and electronics. > > Besides, you can recoup any cost by selling off the UV-IR filters > :-)!! (that is assuming you don't keep the M8 as a backup, hmmm....) > > I do think the M9, if they do the high ISO reasonably right (e.g. > good/excellent up to 1600) will be the new M3, so to speak. > > On Mon, Sep 7, 2009 at 9:31 PM, Nathan Wajsman<photo at frozenlight.eu> > wrote: > > It all adds up, and there is no technical reason for changing the size. A > > 100 Euro here, a 100 Euro there and suddenly you are talking real money. > > > > -- > // richard m: richard @imagecraft.com > // w: http://www.imagecraft.com/pub/Portfolio09/ blog: > http://rfman.wordpress.com > // book: http://www.blurb.com/bookstore/detail/745963 > > _______________________________________________ > 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