Leica M-250 Announced

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Leica has announced the successor to the M-240, the latest digital camera in the M series. For more details visit Leica Camera AG.

















Gotcha. Did you just have a heart attack, check your bank balance, or both?
April Fools.
 
Thardy said:
The M240 will soon be 3 years old with an asking price of what, $7,000? What would a new model cost?
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Wasn't the M240 the same price as the M9 when it came out?

Anyway, drewbarb could have strung it along further than you did!
For it to be 'realistic' you should have called it the M360 for the 36mp sensor

Personally I think they should just fix the naming convention and go back to calling the M240 the M10.
 
if the Lenny Kravitz edition was announced today, I would have believed it was an April Fool's joke.
 
Pfft ... I never believed it ... you can't improve upon perfection! :D
 
Everyone knows there will be a return to integer increments in Leica model numbers and the next camera will be the Type 241.
 
It is to unlikely for them to name the 240 successor a plain 250. They seem to be using a too-complicated-for-us-to-understand codec scheme, which will give results like "M Type 618".
 
jschrader said:
No, just make affordable. I would be fine with the MM as it is.
Say, it should not cost more than 50 films & chemistry & scanning per year for the period it can be assumed to be operational

:rolleyes:
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Define affordable! :p
 
Keith said:
Define affordable! :p
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Well, I did. The cost of 50 films per year, for the time a digital consumer product can be assumed operational. That would be a few years multiplied with 5€ per film multiplied with 50 films per year (I buy bulk and scan at home). :rolleyes:
 
OK. lets do the math: roll of film x #rolls x years: 5 x 50 x 5 = 1250euro (1373USD).

In that case, I'll take two!!!

The affordability of digital Leica is a common topic, here and elsewhere. I only care because I truly wish to acquire a digital Leica as a serious amateur photographer -- what I consider to have been a key demographic in Leica's market up until recently. So, without thinking about actual numbers, I would like to see pricing targeted at my demographic, like it was in the past.

Now, my "affordable" would in fact be a higher number than jschrader's because I would also attach the cost of my time spent developing and scanning film, along with the costs for those activities. I also consider Leica's cost of developing a revolutionary camera, but not as much as Leica thinks I should. However, I appreciate the logic jschrader is applying. And.....I do wish the MM was within my budget. Arbitrarily, that would be between $1500 and 3500, depending on my son's college tuition, medical bills, house repairs, etc., etc. Again, that's my arbitrary number, based on my current financial situation, among other things. Oh, and I did pick up an M8u one or two years ago. My real desire is a "good" M9 or better yet, an M240. I'm not caught up in the debate over CCD vs. CMOS. I find the image quality of both to be wonderful.
 
How about the Fellini special version -- the M8-1/2?

Let's see... 1963... OK, they've already done it with the M-A.

Next, the doctors-only model, the MBBCh (Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery -- the normal UK medical degree when I was applying in the 1960s).

Then the LL.M. for well-paid academic lawyers... Or possibly a screw version, the LL.C...

Cheers,

R.
 
rfaspen said:
OK. lets do the math: roll of film x #rolls x years: 5 x 50 x 5 = 1250euro (1373USD).

In that case, I'll take two!!!

The affordability of digital Leica is a common topic, here and elsewhere. I only care because I truly wish to acquire a digital Leica as a serious amateur photographer -- what I consider to have been a key demographic in Leica's market up until recently. So, without thinking about actual numbers, I would like to see pricing targeted at my demographic, like it was in the past.

Now, my "affordable" would in fact be a higher number than jschrader's because I would also attach the cost of my time spent developing and scanning film, along with the costs for those activities. I also consider Leica's cost of developing a revolutionary camera, but not as much as Leica thinks I should. However, I appreciate the logic jschrader is applying. And.....I do wish the MM was within my budget. Arbitrarily, that would be between $1500 and 3500, depending on my son's college tuition, medical bills, house repairs, etc., etc. Again, that's my arbitrary number, based on my current financial situation, among other things. Oh, and I did pick up an M8u one or two years ago. My real desire is a "good" M9 or better yet, an M240. I'm not caught up in the debate over CCD vs. CMOS. I find the image quality of both to be wonderful.
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You have got exactly my point.
 
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