Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/03/03

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Subject: [Leica] Perpetually Upgradeable, was: Digital camera purchase conundrum
From: john.o.newell at comcast.net (J. Newell)
Date: Wed, 4 Mar 2009 02:20:00 +0000 (UTC)
 

Hey, I'd like to circle back on this from a different point.? 



Not taking any issues with what Tina reported, but what does it mean to say 
a camera is "perpetually upgradeable," especially in these relatively early 
digital days?? Will Leica offer sensor upgrades?? What are the limits of 
this idea?? 



I'm not an engineer, a scientist or an economist, but I don't think this 
could work out quite the way it did with the Barnack cameras in the 1930s.? 
Discussion??? 



Tks 

John 


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Tina Manley" <images at comporium.net> 
To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org> 
Sent: Tuesday, March 3, 2009 1:04:31 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern 
Subject: Re: [Leica] Digital camera purchase conundrum 

And the thing about M8's is that Leica has 
decided to make them perpetually upgradeable. ?My 
first M8 is ancient by digital standards, but 
it's still up to date as of the firmware 
today! ?And my very ancient Leica M lenses work fine on it. ;-) 

Tina 

Tina Manley 
www.tinamanley.com
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