Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/01/27
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Hi Vick, If you can muster the patience, wait till September--Leica will very likely introduce the successor to the M8 at Photokina--it is the biggest photo trade show and I cannot imagine them choosing any other venue. Once the M9 or whatever is out, you should be able to pick up an M8 for a reasonable price. As for reliability, I think with electronic thingies, once it is past the first few months, it should be fine for years afterwards. Nathan On 28-jan-2008, at 1:30, Vick Ko wrote: > Thanks all > > My struggle with buy or not-to-buy the M8 is a matter of afraid of > getting stuck with a camera that is unreliable and needs repair. > I've heard and seen a lot of good photos from an M8. But it is a > bag of money, and for that bag of money, I want reliability as well > as performance. > > ....Vick > > Frank Filippone wrote: >> Almost none. What about the rest of us that bought M6's that need >> repair......? or M7's or other? >> The repair department is a profit center. They NEED profits. >> >> What they need to do is to increase the warranty period of the >> M8...... >> >> Frank Filippone >> red735i@earthlink.net > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > Nathan Wajsman nathan@nathanfoto.com General photography: http://www.nathanfoto.com http://www.greatpix.eu http://www.frozenlight.eu Picture-A-Week: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws Blog: http://www.fotocycle.dk/blog