[Leica] Okay. I succumbed. I have a new black M8 on its wayfrom Rich Pinto.

[don.dory at gmail.com (Don Dory)]

Hoppy,
Tell your partner to do the math.  What is the breakeven point in
rolls/processing per year?  I think that an M8/any digital for anyone who
shoots is a no brainer.  The arguments prior to the M8 were all about Leica
blowing the technicals and then we spent months wallowing in the IR stuff.
At the end of the day, the M8 does an awesome job with a few glitches just
like any other camera.

On Jan 30, 2008 1:01 AM, G Hopkinson <hoppyman@bigpond.net.au> wrote:

> Dang you evil tempters! I just costed 15 rolls of Provia and processing
> following a trip using most of my on hand Provia. The new
> Provia 400x costs locally AUD29 a roll at retail, plus the processing. I
> love the Fuji pro emulsions but that is just insane. Then
> my Aussie Leica dealer just announced the Aussie distributor has one
> chrome and one black M8 on sale at a discount. That's two at
> that deal for 23 million of us Aussies. Don't bother telling me to go for
> it with the M8, feel free to tell my partner however!
>
> Cheers
> Geoff
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: lug-bounces+hoppyman=bigpond.net.au@leica-users.org [mailto:
> lug-bounces+hoppyman=bigpond.net.au@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of
> Jim Shulman
> Sent: Wednesday, 30 January 2008 14:05
> To: 'Leica Users Group'
> Subject: RE: [Leica] Okay. I succumbed. I have a new black M8 on its
> wayfrom Rich Pinto.
>
> Here's my take on things:
> During the past year I bade farewell to three very good friends, all of
> whom departed this vale quite suddenly.
>
> If you really want something and can figure out how to pay for it, buy it.
> Life's a short ride.
>
> Jim Shulman
> Bryn Mawr, PA
> Who says, "Let 'em bitch about overpaying at your estate sale."
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
>
>
> Steve Barbour wrote:
> >
> > On Jan 28, 2008, at 3:01 PM, Vick Ko wrote:
> >
> >> Okay.  I succumbed.
> >> I have a new black M8 on its way to me from Rich Pinto.
> >>
> >> He has one more, a chrome M8, brand spanking new, at last year's price.
> >> Rich asked that I tell all my friends on LUG, and that he would
> >> really like to sell this final new chrome M8 to a LUG enthusiast.
> >> Phone him for pricing.
> >> Now that I've committed, I can't get it fast enough.
> >>
> >> I'll be counting every day as it snakes its way through USPS, then
> >> Canada Customs, then Canada Post.
> >
> > congrats Vick...
> >
> > once you get over your buyer's remorse you will be happy...
> >
> > like so many...
> >
> >
> >
> > Steve
> >>
>
>
>
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Don
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