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Subject: [Leica] m9 with m8 as a back up seems out
From: michiel.fokkema at wanadoo.nl (Michiel Fokkema)
Date: Wed, 09 Sep 2009 21:35:26 +0200
References: <440b792d0909090837r62a3090wda5f371cc37cc1b2@mail.gmail.com> <0A1F063A-DEDB-41B9-AF49-F115EB83E131@frozenlight.eu> <p0623090bc6cda39df6b1@[10.1.16.145]> <151FD789-3B13-4851-BC1D-882BB4BE0FD8@frozenlight.eu>

Totally agree.
I just bought a secondhand 5d. Works very well with my R lenses.
As a dedicated R user I feel very let down by Leica. at least Canon 
makes something I can use.

Cheers,

Michiel Fokkema

Nathan Wajsman wrote:
> Well, when I was shooting Canon I was happy to be one generation behind 
> those who always must have the latest and greatest. I see no reason to 
> act differently now that I am back with Leica. In addition, the 1600 ISO 
> test pics posted on dpreview are decidedly underwhelming. I really wish 
> Leica had resisted the temptation and limited the M9 to 12 or at most 14 
> megapixels.
> 
> Nathan
> 
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> 
> On Sep 9, 2009, at 8:27 PM, Henning Wulff wrote:
> 
>> At 7:20 PM +0200 9/9/09, Nathan Wajsman wrote:
>>> We MUST?
>>>
>>> I must do nothing unless I feel like it.
>>>
>>> I will continue to take pictures with my M8, watch the early adopters 
>>> get along with the M9, wait for the prices to come down to my range 
>>> (as I did with the M8) and then maybe, some time in 2011, I will get 
>>> one. In the meantime I have not noticed any instant deterioration in 
>>> my M8 between yesterday and today.
>>
>>
>>
>> You'd better look at it again after looking at the M9 for a while. The 
>> M8 will definitely have deteriorated. It's just what happens. Deal 
>> with it.
>>
>> -- 
>>
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