Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/04/08

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Subject: [Leica] Would you trade your M9 to go back to an M8?
From: mark at rabinergroup.com (Mark Rabiner)
Date: Mon, 09 Apr 2012 01:29:09 -0400

Welcome to the LUG Kay Yang a breath of fresh air!
Are you joining the LUG gallery or already got some pix up?

- - from my iRabs.
Mark Rabiner
http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/lugalrabs/springdays/


> From: Kay Yang <liangjiyang at gmail.com>
> Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org>
> Date: Sun, 8 Apr 2012 22:01:37 -0700
> To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org>
> Subject: Re: [Leica] Would you trade your M9 to go back to an M8?
> 
> There are all kinds of jobs that have been eliminated in the past. So while
> it sucks that most photographers are no longer worth as much as they used
> to be, we should just move on and accept this change. There are all kinds
> of jobs out there that are unfilled because there are no matching
> candidates. So I don't understand why people don't just learn some new
> skills and grab those jobs.
> 
> On Sun, Apr 8, 2012 at 9:54 PM, Jayanand Govindaraj <jayanand at 
> gmail.com>wrote:
> 
>> Whatever may be the reason and justification, I agree 100% with Kay Yang
>> from an economic and investment point of view. There are much less
>> expensive cameras that a full fledged working photographer can use to get
>> results that are equally acceptable in the marketplace.
>> Cheers
>> Jayanand
>> Cheers
>> Jayanand
>> 
>> On Mon, Apr 9, 2012 at 10:12 AM, Chris Crawford <
>> chris at chriscrawfordphoto.com> wrote:
>> 
>>> 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
>>>>>> 
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>>>>> 
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