Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/09/05
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Why we might even be able to afford the price of a ferry ride to the mainland on the difference! ;-) cheers, ted Ted Grant Photography Limited 1817 Feltham Road Victoria BC V8N 2A4 250-477-2156 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Henning Wulff" <henningw at archiphoto.com> To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org> Sent: Saturday, September 05, 2009 10:19 PM Subject: Re: [Leica] M9! > At 10:38 PM -0700 9/5/09, Ted Grant wrote: >>I realize the M9 sounds like a tremendous amount of money, it is! >>However?? >> >>You have to wait and see what happens when the opportunity of using >>the M9 camera. In that, does it produce images of a quality that >>one's clients expect of you because of the quality you have produced >>for the past 60 years? >> >>Regardless of the price, the quality record is some thing many do >>not have to contend with because they are not professional >>photographers. But those of us who have been in this field our >>entire lives, it is something that has to be considered, regardless >>of cost and quality! Certainly beyond those who've only experienced >>at the amateur level. >>That is not any kind of belittling remark regarding amateur photo >>ambitions or quality. >>Merely a point of professional and amateur. >> >>If I have to choose between the quality to the client and my pocket >>book.......... the pocket book takes the hit! Our clients expect a >>quality from us because of our experience and equipment they don't >>get from others........ regardless of what many of you may think. >> >>But I sure as hell am not going to jeopardize the quality of my >>photography due to a cost factor that is out of the reach of others >>and their whining about price. Yep the $8000.00 took me back some at >>first look! But reality is.... "I earn my living due to the >>equipment I use and quality delivered and I'm not going to >>jeopardize my career due to costly equipment! I just pass that on >>to the clients! :-) See how easy it is? ;-) >> >>Dr. ted >> > > Quite right, Ted. On the other hand, a 5500 Euro price does not > necessarily translate into an $8000 local price. I would expect it to > be in the neighbourhood of $6000-6500 here in Canuckbucks. Not a huge > difference, but hey, you could go out on the town with Irene a number > of times with the difference! :-) > > -- > > * Henning J. Wulff > /|\ Wulff Photography & Design > /###\ mailto:henningw at archiphoto.com > |[ ]| http://www.archiphoto.com > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 8.5.409 / Virus Database: 270.13.79/2348 - Release Date: 09/05/09 17:50:00