It's apparently going to be the price of a small car. So let's say it will cost the same as a Fiat 500, which was the best small car of last year, according to some poll or other. http://www.channel4.com/4car/rt/fiat/500/2162/2
Taking the midpoint of the price range, let's say you're going to pay £11,000 for the small object of your desire. Instead of buying the car, which you can afford but don't want anyway - buy the camera! Now think of the savings. If you drive on average 12,000 miles per year, that's 36,000 miles over the lifetime of the loan. At 50mpg you will need 720 gallons of petrol, which is going to cost you about £3,500. That's without taking into account depreciation vs appreciation, additional running costs, tax, insurance and the price of bumber stickers. So buying a Leica M9 will save you at least £3,500 over 3 years. That's enough to have Chas Roberts build you a custom, made-to-measure, handbuilt Audax bicycle and still have some money left to buy Rapha cycle clothing. http://www.robertscycles.com/products.html Now who in their right mind would prefer a shitty little Fiat over a Leica and a Roberts bike? Bob > There aren't enough pennies in all of Christendom that I'll > ever be able to afford an M9... > > Mark Roberts wrote: > > 18 megapixels > > Full-frame sensor > > 16-bit Raw files (DNG format!) > > > http://theonlinephotographer.typepad.com/the_online_photographer/2009/ > > 09/leaked-leica-m9.html -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
