Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2013/04/14
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]It's pure tripe. I am sure that a lot of these breathless exhilaration bloggers have gushed about the M9 when it first came out. Pure idiocy. The M-E is actually reasonably priced, per Leica standard. On Sun, Apr 14, 2013 at 3:45 PM, Paul Roark <roark.paul at gmail.com> wrote: > Interesting thread. > > I have a friend who is not on the list and has been eyeing a Leica. I > shoot with him occasionally and we've been looking at the very impressive > results of his Sigma Fovian cameras. He sees what I do with the M9 and is > very interested in getting a Leica. He read the LL piece and is in the > market segment that, first, might be very interested in making the leap; > but, the second effect of the article is to rather trash the M9. He could > get the M9 (but without manual frameline selection?) with the ME. The net > effect of the LL article is probably going to be negative for both him and > Leica, since he does not feel comfortable with the M240 price, but might be > OK with the ME price. > > I, frankly, have suggested the ME, and I'm not trading my M9 in for an M240 > -- maybe next time. > > Paul > www.PaulRoark.com > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > -- // richard <http://www.richardmanphoto.com> // http://facebook.com/richardmanphoto