Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2020/02/18
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Oh, notice the figure of 11 cents per image? That's $3.96 for 36 images, within striking distance of a roll of film. On Tue, Feb 18, 2020 at 7:34 AM Richard Man <richard at imagecraft.com> wrote: > An epilog to this story is that I never upgraded/sidegraded/downgraded to > another digital camera. As I am not a PRO, nor do I need to change away > from Leica due to whatever reasons, the M9 was it. I have an E-3 which I > bought for event photography (e.g. taiko performance) but the M is my love. > It still takes wonderful images, same as the day I bought it. > > Of course in the meanwhile, I started shooting 4x5, Hasselblad, 8x10, and > still love the XPan. The M does everything that I don't haul out the big > cameras for. > > On Don's point, the 40+ MP, usable ISO of 100,000+ etc. are here. I am > sure that if I were to get an M10M, 10 years afterward, if I am still alive > and my eyes don't fail me etc., I would still be using it > > On Tue, Feb 18, 2020 at 7:14 AM Brian Reid <reid at mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> > wrote: > >> I bought a Canon 1DsMKII in 2004 for many many thousands of dollars. I >> don't remember what I paid, but it was a lot. In 2018 I threw it in the >> trash because I couldn't get $100 for it on eBay and wasn't willing to >> do the work of shipping a camera for any lower amount. >> >> On 2020-02-18 7:09 am, chris williams via LUG wrote: >> > Don?t you would even get $700 out of a used 10 yr Canon or Nikon. >> > Leica still holds value. >> > >> > Chris Williams >> > www.dcdocumentaryphotographers.com >> > www.zoeicaimages.net >> > 504-231-6261 >> > >> > >> > >> >> On Feb 18, 2020, at 6:11 AM, Don Dory via LUG <lug at leica-users.org> >> >> wrote: >> >> >> >> ?I'm glad that you could put a price on the usage of your M9. Most of >> >> us >> >> remember when Leica's went up in value; I knew one gentleman that >> >> would buy >> >> two of everything leaving one in an unopened box. After 5-10 years >> >> would >> >> sell the pristine one to pay for both. Digital has pretty much ruined >> >> that >> >> as you called out. I am waiting for the day when a body has enough >> >> technology to be good enough for ten years; 40+mp, built in IS, ISO >> >> good to >> >> 50,000. Surely that would be sufficient to be competitive for ten >> >> years. >> >> >> >>> On Tue, Feb 18, 2020 at 3:20 AM Richard Man >> >>> <richard at richardman.photo> >> >>> wrote: >> >>> >> >>> So I just sold my M9 with corroded sensor for $700 to someone who >> >>> wants a >> >>> spare donor body when his m9 dies. >> >>> >> >>> I bought it for $5000, as a demo model, in Feb 2010. Just 10 years >> >>> ago. So >> >>> cost per month is $36. >> >>> >> >>> I have taken just over 40,000 pics with it, so cost per image is 11 >> >>> cents. >> >>> >> >>> On average, I have taken 333 images per month, just over 11 images >> >>> per day. >> >>> >> >>> As they say in the commercials, some images are priceless, to me. So >> >>> well >> >>> worth it. >> >>> >> >>> -- >> >>> "Some People Drive, We Are Driven" >> >>> https://richardman.photo >> >>> >> >>> _______________________________________________ >> >>> Leica Users Group. >> >>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> >>> >> >> >> >> >> >> -- >> >> Don >> >> don.dory at gmail.com >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> >> Leica Users Group. >> >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> > >> > _______________________________________________ >> > Leica Users Group. >> > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > -- > // richard http://imagecraft.com > Beyond Arduino - When you're ready to get serious... > JumpStart C Tools for Atmel AVR and Cortex-M, The Better Alternative > -- // richard http://imagecraft.com Beyond Arduino - When you're ready to get serious... JumpStart C Tools for Atmel AVR and Cortex-M, The Better Alternative