Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/03/29
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I paid 2100 UK pounds (after rebate) for my M8, new, with 2-year Passport warranty, in December 2008. When I can get an M9 for this kind of price, probably some time in 2011, I will buy one. Cheers, Nathan Nathan Wajsman Alicante, Spain http://www.frozenlight.eu http://www.greatpix.eu http://www.nathanfoto.com Books: http://www.blurb.com/bookstore/search?search=wajsman&x=0&y=0 PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws Blog: http://www.fotocycle.dk/blog On Mar 30, 2010, at 7:08 AM, Richard Man wrote: > That's the wrong line of thing. Think M9 as $1500 over the price of then > new > M8.2. Clearly, the improvement from M8.2 -> M9 is worth that much. Nikon > D700->D3, Canon 5DII ->IDs all carry higher premium so Leica is doing > pretty > well there. > > Now the question is what should a then new M8.2 be $5500? > > The answer is the new MP and M7 are $4500.... so the $1000 is, once again, > not bad. > > So why should a new M7/MP be $4500? > > Because they take Leica lens, and if you like rangefinder, what choices are > there? (this is a rhetorical question, I know about the Bessa and the > ZM...) > > > Right now M9 has a backlog of 3-6 months (!) I suspect a good number will > go > on the used market in ~2 months. > > My guess is that by Sept 09, 2010, you can pick up a used M9 for $5500. > > On Mon, Mar 29, 2010 at 10:00 PM, Frank Filippone <red735i at > earthlink.net>wrote: > >> Absolutely...... >> >> I do not have, nor wish to spend, $7K on a camera "box". >> If Leica had a FF camera at $4K, I MIGHT be tempted..... >> >> Just as an aside, I do not understand the rationale for a $7K camera..... >> other than the obvious, whatever the market will bear..... >> >> Frank Filippone >> red735i at earthlink.net >> >> >> I don't. The M9 is an improvement on the M8, for sure, but no way will I >> spend the current price on one. When I can get one for the price I paid >> for >> my M8, I will consider it. >> >> Nathan >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> > > > > -- > // richard <http://www.imagecraft.com/> blog: < > http://imagecraft.wordpress.com> > // portfolio: <http://www.imagecraft.com/pub/PICS/AnotherCalifornia2> > // mailing lists: <http://www.imagecraft.com/contact.html> > [ For technical support on ImageCraft products, please include all previous > replies in your msgs. ] > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >