Official M8 Release! What a Beauty!
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)If they can sell the M8 at about S$6-7k street-price, I think it will find its own market. Afterall, that is what the EOS 5D sold for when it was released.
Given what today's DSLRs go for, that would be a very reasonable price i think... certainly in smaller multiples say, comparing the M6 vs the Fm2n in the old days!
And the M8 is nicely built ... and IMHO, well thought out ... probably hence the wait .. though voigtlander/epson were earlier to market with the RD-1 and RD-1s (which retails for about S$5k).
I think the R9 w/ digital back is a dud... but Leica might just have a winner on their hands with the M8. It comes at a time that the basics about digital cameras has begun to stabilize.
For SLRs... since Leica is now part of the 4/3 consortium... they should just let the R-series die a natural death and sell new DSLR bodies based on the panasonic design ... and make their money selling premium lenses (they are already doing that in a small way with the vario-elmarit for the recent panasonic dslr?).
Given what today's DSLRs go for, that would be a very reasonable price i think... certainly in smaller multiples say, comparing the M6 vs the Fm2n in the old days!
And the M8 is nicely built ... and IMHO, well thought out ... probably hence the wait .. though voigtlander/epson were earlier to market with the RD-1 and RD-1s (which retails for about S$5k).
I think the R9 w/ digital back is a dud... but Leica might just have a winner on their hands with the M8. It comes at a time that the basics about digital cameras has begun to stabilize.
For SLRs... since Leica is now part of the 4/3 consortium... they should just let the R-series die a natural death and sell new DSLR bodies based on the panasonic design ... and make their money selling premium lenses (they are already doing that in a small way with the vario-elmarit for the recent panasonic dslr?).
Not that I'm even contemplating between the M7 and M8, but I'm curious to see how I can justify purchasing the digital M8 IF I ever have the moolah to do so... 
The estimated price difference between the M7 ($4500) and M8 ($8500)should be about $4000. That would account for about 500 rolls of film, assuming each roll cost $8 including processing of the film itself only (prints not counted since it'll cost the same for printing for film or digital source).
Assuming I shoot 2 rolls every weekend, the 500 rolls will last me 250 weekends which is about 62 months. That's slightly more than 5 years before I can cover the difference between the two cameras (break-even between film and digital). That's quite reasonable for a shooter...
Of course, one can argue that 5 years later the digital body will be next to worthless, but who can tell the value of film cameras 5 years later? The only probable thing is that the film based M7 and MP will outlast the digital M8 in terms of lifespan...
Forgive my mindless ranting... must go for dinner now... :sweatsm:
The estimated price difference between the M7 ($4500) and M8 ($8500)should be about $4000. That would account for about 500 rolls of film, assuming each roll cost $8 including processing of the film itself only (prints not counted since it'll cost the same for printing for film or digital source).
Assuming I shoot 2 rolls every weekend, the 500 rolls will last me 250 weekends which is about 62 months. That's slightly more than 5 years before I can cover the difference between the two cameras (break-even between film and digital). That's quite reasonable for a shooter...
Of course, one can argue that 5 years later the digital body will be next to worthless, but who can tell the value of film cameras 5 years later? The only probable thing is that the film based M7 and MP will outlast the digital M8 in terms of lifespan...
Forgive my mindless ranting... must go for dinner now... :sweatsm:
Ansel
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Neo said:Not that I'm even contemplating between the M7 and M8, but I'm curious to see how I can justify purchasing the digital M8 IF I ever have the moolah to do so...
The estimated price difference between the M7 ($4500) and M8 ($8500)should be about $4000. That would account for about 500 rolls of film, assuming each roll cost $8 including processing of the film itself only (prints not counted since it'll cost the same for printing for film or digital source).
Assuming I shoot 2 rolls every weekend, the 500 rolls will last me 250 weekends which is about 62 months. That's slightly more than 5 years before I can cover the difference between the two cameras (break-even between film and digital). That's quite reasonable for a shooter...
Of course, one can argue that 5 years later the digital body will be next to worthless, but who can tell the value of film cameras 5 years later? The only probable thing is that the film based M7 and MP will outlast the digital M8 in terms of lifespan...
Forgive my mindless ranting... must go for dinner now... :sweatsm:
Hey that was what more or less I was saying on this thread!
http://forums.clubsnap.org/showthread.php?t=223533
But then you forgot the pleasure of holding on to the body and pressing the trigger of that M-whatever is priceless for most people. It is like driving a Lamborghini verses driving a Lancer. Both will get you from A to B, but only one does it for you in style.
tomcat
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ShaShinKi.com selling the M8 body at $8,886.67 now.
Cheap or not? :dunno:
http://forums.clubsnap.org/showthread.php?t=223395
Cheap or not? :dunno:
http://forums.clubsnap.org/showthread.php?t=223395
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