Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/09/25
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Kyle Cassidy <kcassidy@asc.upenn.edu> wrote: > In the serious discussion I noticed several people > said or implied that they would probably never buy > another M body. I may or may not myself, but I was > thinking that I'm probably actually MORE likely to > buy another _leica_ than I was before. I suddenly > find the idea of having an R3 or some variant much > more appealing than I did before. (I'd love an R8 > but I don't think the prices will likely drop into > "affordable for goofing off" any time soon). film: I won't buy another film Leica, the Leicaflex SL that I already have meets my needs for a film camera and if you've looked at the KEH catalog lately these are dirt cheap by Leica standards, like LTM cameras were in the 1960s. digital: if the R10 is smaller than the R8 with DMR, has a viewfinder approaching the quality of the SL and produces files as good as or better than the DMR, I'm all over it. If the S2 indicates Leica's thinking w.r.t. the R10 I'll be broke again shortly after the R10 first becomes available. Better yet an SL3d. Doug Herr Birdman of Sacramento http://www.wildlightphoto.com -------------------------------------------------------------------- mail2web.com ? What can On Demand Business Solutions do for you? http://link.mail2web.com/Business/SharePoint