Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/04/08
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Phil bought the camera in better times; like most Americans, this economy has made making a living hard in recent years. I've had to sell gear to pay bills too. He is a working professional photographer, not a rich man playing with Leicas because they're expensive toys. I think it sucks he has to sell them and it sucks that real photographers really cannot afford this stuff anymore. -- Chris Crawford Fine Art Photography Fort Wayne, Indiana 260-437-8990 http://www.chriscrawfordphoto.com My portfolio http://blog.chriscrawfordphoto.com My latest work! http://www.facebook.com/pages/Christopher-Crawford/48229272798 Become a fan on Facebook On 4/9/12 12:27 AM, "Kay Yang" <liangjiyang at gmail.com> wrote: >If you need that extra few thousands to survive, you probably shouldn't be >shooting with a Leica M in the first place. > >On Sun, Apr 8, 2012 at 7:03 PM, Phil Forrest ><photo.forrest at earthlink.net>wrote: > >> I actually might. >> The M8 is a fantastic camera. I still have a bunch of UV/IR filters. I >> have an M9 and could definitely use the extra few thousand to live off >> of. >> >> Phil Forrest >> >> >> On Sun, 8 Apr 2012 11:07:32 -0400 >> Vick Ko <vick.ko at sympatico.ca> wrote: >> >> > Would you trade your M9 to go back to an M8? >> > >> > Factors: >> > - M9 is still $5K to $6, and will start going down its devaluation >> > curve >> > - M8 is likely at the bottom of its devaluation curve, with mint >> > units at $2.5K >> > - M8 is still a darned fine camera, and I still have a whack of UV/IR >> > filters >> > >> > Has anyone gone from M9 back to an M8? What were your reasons? >> > >> > Vick >> > >> > _______________________________________________ >> > Leica Users Group. >> > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> >> >> >> -- >> philforrest.wordpress.com >> gallery.leica-users.org/v/philforrest >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> > >_______________________________________________ >Leica Users Group. >See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information