Roger Hicks
Veteran
Well, yes, obviously. After all, there are no M8s still in service, are there?
Cheers,
R.
Ambro51
Collector/Photographer
The thread was going well until the photo showing two large round cornered blocks of metal next to a nice black M6.....imagine if a black Leica E Standard was also pictured. 
Leica All Day
Veteran
The thread was going well until the photo showing two large round cornered blocks of metal next to a nice black M6.....imagine if a black Leica E Standard was also pictured.
hahaha, sorry….at least I can say I am the owner of that M6
cheers, michael
eavis
Member
The no-screen is a nice idea. But on Leica digitals I find I need the screen.
First, because I have M8 PTSD. You never knew when that thing would take photos and when it wouldn't. The fear that photos would not be recorded has stuck with me when I use my M240.
Second, on the M240 you have to absolutely nail the exposure to get it to look right, and even its RAW file gives you very little latitude. As a result, you need the screen to make sure the exposure is perfect.
First, because I have M8 PTSD. You never knew when that thing would take photos and when it wouldn't. The fear that photos would not be recorded has stuck with me when I use my M240.
Second, on the M240 you have to absolutely nail the exposure to get it to look right, and even its RAW file gives you very little latitude. As a result, you need the screen to make sure the exposure is perfect.
Huss
Veteran
As I mainly shoot film I want my digital Leica to have features that are missing on my film ones. Like the lcd screen and live view. Without that there is no compelling reason for me to have one as I prefer the output of film.
Santtu Määttänen
Visual Poet
I can only hope that the price keeps dropping. Since M60 has been the only digital camera I have seriously lusted for My tools are quite different, but if I could have anything to play with, it would be M60 (with custom monochrome sensor if I had the insane amounts of funds that custom from leica would cost).
For tools there are plenty of great choices, leica and otherwise. But for things of beauty, those we fondle, look at and enjoy using. They are a different thing entirely. For me tools are dslr and a compact, but for fun and art, I still rely on film. M60 could be a point of entry for a "fun" digital for me. With prices it goes for, it's a dream. Nothing more. Then again, I do enjoy film and my gear. I'm not suffering with them So I'll keep on shooting.
My tools are quite different, but if I could have anything to play with, it would be M60 (with custom monochrome sensor if I had the insane amounts of funds that custom from leica would cost). For tools there are plenty of great choices, leica and otherwise. But for things of beauty, those we fondle, look at and enjoy using. They are a different thing entirely. For me tools are dslr and a compact, but for fun and art, I still rely on film. M60 could be a point of entry for a "fun" digital for me. With prices it goes for, it's a dream. Nothing more. Then again, I do enjoy film and my gear. I'm not suffering with them
So I'll keep on shooting.kevin m
Veteran
That's the thing. digital Leicas, no matter how finely crafted, are just like every other digital camera now, in that regard.
airfrogusmc
Veteran
Less than most digital cameras and Leica M digital seems to hold their value better than NiCanons
airfrogusmc
Veteran
Timmy my MM is over 3 years old and definitely not obsolete. It does everything I need it to do so no plans to upgrade. Will shoot it until it dies and I can no longer get it repaired. The film/digital debate does get tiring. I love film and I also really like digital. I like the fact I have a digital choice that's not about the bells and whistles but about tools that just let me create. If the M60 had been put into regular production at a price point where the new M 262 is I would have bought one. I did just just pick up about a month or so ago an M 262 for my commercial work. Picked up an M-E for back up and sold all of my DSLR equipment. If I wanted automation, video, live view etc I wouldn't have sold the DSLRs. I like the fact I have a real choice.
I got decades out of my 500 C/Ms and still have a couple of my Canon F-1s. One of them I bought and still have is the newer F-1 in 1982 and it is almost all brass (LoL) only been in the shop once in all that time and still works just fine. I have another from the late 1970s (original F-1) that still works just fine to.
None of this digital stuff is permanent and I don't buy cameras as investments but as tools. I have well over 40K through my MM and have had 3 years of shooting with it. Its value to me isn't the camera but the images made with the camera. Cameras come and go and for me are just tools. So if they match the way I see and work then to me that's what's important. If I were to have a fire in my place and I could save the cameras or my files I know it's the files I would save. Cameras can be replaced.
True in the long run... M8 is a great example. Originally $5500 now 25% or a little less ($1300). D200 = $1699, now less than $200. This is more about Leica just not having a lot of options though.
noisycheese
Normal(ish) Human
The thread was going well until the photo showing two large round cornered blocks of metal next to a nice black M6.....imagine if a black Leica E Standard was also pictured.
A lot of people love the M60, but I have never cared for its styling. It looks too futuristic. When I watch reruns of Star Trek - The Next Generation, I half expect to see an M60 lounging about in Jean-Luc Picard's quarters.