Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/11/06
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Actually a D200 with lens is closer to one half the price, the body alone is about one third. I would have only needed another $2300 over the price of my D200 and lens to get the M8, Should have waited. ;-( Gene -------------- Original message from Jayanand Govindaraj <jgovindaraj@eth.net>: -------------- > Tina, > Unlikely that I would want to, at that price. I would buy a Nikon > D80/D200 or an equivalent Canon at one fifth the price. maybe even a > Panasonic or Sony with a 10MP chip. I would forgo 2500 ASA, and shooting > at night without a tripod and save US$4000. So be it. This is my > opinion. Yours might be different and I respect that. > Cheers > Jayanand > > Tina Manley wrote: > > > At 11:04 PM 11/5/2006, you wrote: > > > >> I know people will say 'rangefinder' or 'Leica' but the bang for the > >> buck is just not there as a photographic tool, IMHO. On the other > >> hand, it qualifies extremely well as an inexpensive piece of handmade > >> jewellery..... > >> Cheers > >> Jayanand > > > > > > How can you say this when you haven't even used one? Mine certainly > > won't be jewelery. I'll use it to make my living, along with my > > SLRs. Rangefinders are better for some uses and the M8 is a rangefinder. > > > > Tina > > > > Tina Manley, ASMP, NPPA > > http://www.tinamanley.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