yanidel
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Yes, and I also think there is a trade-off between sensor size, light attributes and technology.
At some points, pixels will hit the limit on their minimum size and users won't want cameras that are too big to fit bigger sensors. The question is to what #pixels and ISO this limit corresponds to. To what I have read, there isn't that much time before we get there.
blazeicehockey
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Leica, Zeiss and Voigtlander have invested a lot of money in lRF enses. As seen through the development of the DP1 and the E-420, there is also a demand for high quality imaging in a small body. I am sure there is a market for Leica to produce a CLE sized FF 12mp camera with interchangeable MF lenses (liveview focusing, EVF focusing or standard RF VW with electonic confirmation of focus).
blazeicehockey
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But Leica can't produce a FF, CLE sized 12mp camera that uses M lenses. Physics keeps getting in their way.
...not yet...but when it does...... I haven't had someone walk in front of my car with a red flag for several years now, so I'm sure physics isn't a barrier that can't be overcome
Olsen
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if you really can buy gold; do it!
It is the best way to hedge against the coming combined inflation - and drop in real estate values, fall of share & bond prices etc. It is not easy for 'ordinaries' to buy large amount of gold. The closest I know is Swiss governmental bonds which is backed close to 100% by gold. Neither these are easy to get hold of for ordinary people.
Most 'products' I have been offered is not 'really' gold, but, say, investment in a hedge fund that, alledgedly, has invested heavily in gold. Don't be fooled by the salesmen offering these 'financially enginered products'. Call the police or click you safety latch on you hand gun to 'off'. That should make them back off.
akiralx
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I read that some Germans are also insisting on receiving German-printed Euro notes from banks rather than those from other countries (there is a distinctive prefix). They believe the Eurozone is heading for a crash and feel that domestic notes are more likely to be readily cashed back to Deutschmarks when that is readopted...
M. Valdemar
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The best investment is as many one ounce bullion coins as you can afford.
Easily disposable, easily acquired, recognized everywhere.
Easily disposable, easily acquired, recognized everywhere.
user237428934
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Very funny. Although I read that over 10 Billion Deutsche Mark are still out there in private safes or drawers.
iridium7777
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boy, has someone really lied to you. open any brokerage account and buy "GLD" all day long; well, might be night for you.
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M. Valdemar
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I'm so glad there are billions of people who think the way you do. You've bought the programming hook, line and sinker.
Makes it so much easier for those with their eyes open.
Gold can't be in a "bubble" when there's nothing left to buy it with.
Huh?
Makes it so much easier for those with their eyes open.
Gold can't be in a "bubble" when there's nothing left to buy it with.
Huh?
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user237428934
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Well, I have a 10 DM note lying about somewhere....
And how many dutch gulden do you still have
iridium7777
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alright, since the whole topic of M8 got completely derailed, i'm might as well add more arbitrage to here.
i don't understand what you're saying, do you actually want to stockpile bullion in your basement somewhere? if so, and you’re really waiting for a rainy day, id rather be buying guns and ammo, cuz throwing bricks of gold at people ain’t gonna help you none “if things get really bad”. if we really go back to the days when we have to start trading in actual gold, we’ll have other things to worry about.
GLD will never send you any gold, no matter how much you request. but, it’s instantaneous if you wanted to get your money into/out of it, just as long as the market is open and it tracks the absolute price.
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M. Valdemar
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pphuang gets it. Not only is he a good photographer, but he understands reality.
You either get it or you don't.
Yes, have some physical.
There are some reasons to own American Eagles if you live in America, rather than bullion coins from other countries.
The main reason being, for certain purposes, the face value ($50) is considered the legal tender value under U.S. law. You can legally avoid currency restrictions when moving the stuff, etc.
PS: It is ALREADY a rainy day. Read the news today? Look at the stock market? Read about Fannie and Freddie? Look at the price of oil? Watching the saber rattling?
But any physical gold is better than no gold. Unless you're a sheep.
You either get it or you don't.
Yes, have some physical.
There are some reasons to own American Eagles if you live in America, rather than bullion coins from other countries.
The main reason being, for certain purposes, the face value ($50) is considered the legal tender value under U.S. law. You can legally avoid currency restrictions when moving the stuff, etc.
PS: It is ALREADY a rainy day. Read the news today? Look at the stock market? Read about Fannie and Freddie? Look at the price of oil? Watching the saber rattling?
But any physical gold is better than no gold. Unless you're a sheep.
iridium7777
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mister, you're the sheep, with a slight pinch of paranoia, listening to whatever cnbc will spew at you.
guess what, i own oil, and no, it's not in barrels in basement either. i've owned it since 107$ when people were freaking out saying the world will stop. where have your golden coins gotten you? do you think people really need gold? no one is crying and whining about gold supplies running out, no one is crying about china and india using up all the world's gold; gold was cool in 1208.
and i owned gold, and it's the ONLY thing i've lost money on this year, it was a 10% stop order and it's more than made up for with other things. examples? buying apple in 130's... buying ipo of visa at 58$... perhaps if you actually really paid attention to the market instead of screaming the world is coming to an end you'd be making money too.
iridium7777
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Olsen
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A golden M8 is the obvious answer!
M. Valdemar
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You have lost an enormous percentage of the value of your devalued dollars, and you didn't have to do a thing.
I'm not here to disillusion you. I don't listen to CNBC. Please, since you have such faith in your ability to "outsmart" the market, don't let me stop you.
Nobody "needs" gold. It won't run out. Gold was cool in 1208. Correct you are.
Trading gold securities or gold shares in currency is not what it's all about. Actually, for me, people like you are like "real" money in the bank. You have such tremendous faith in the status quo, it admirable.
I'm not here to disillusion you. I don't listen to CNBC. Please, since you have such faith in your ability to "outsmart" the market, don't let me stop you.
Nobody "needs" gold. It won't run out. Gold was cool in 1208. Correct you are.
Trading gold securities or gold shares in currency is not what it's all about. Actually, for me, people like you are like "real" money in the bank. You have such tremendous faith in the status quo, it admirable.
Olsen
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Regardless, if you live in USA or Europe; we are facing a situation where inflation will reduce our 'liquid' savings and earnings (if we are not compensated for the inflation through rise in salaries) and falling real estate prices will reduce the value of our homes and other properties. Historically, gold has been a good hedge for such a situation. To borrow money could be another way.
In a way; this situation will deteriorate the economical situation of people like myself, middle aged with savings and no big mortgages on our homes etc. While young people with net negative fortunes and large mortgages will prosper from the situation, - if they are compensated for the falling value of the money.
I don't mind that. High inflation helped me along when I was young too.
A smart thing to do is to do large purchases 'now', not wait. Buy your M8 'now'. Don't wait. Clean the market for those 2.hand M8s!
In a way; this situation will deteriorate the economical situation of people like myself, middle aged with savings and no big mortgages on our homes etc. While young people with net negative fortunes and large mortgages will prosper from the situation, - if they are compensated for the falling value of the money.
I don't mind that. High inflation helped me along when I was young too.
A smart thing to do is to do large purchases 'now', not wait. Buy your M8 'now'. Don't wait. Clean the market for those 2.hand M8s!
Olsen
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Oh, no. The 'financial system' will survive. Here you talk of the deep core of the 'capitalist world' (do I sound like a communist?), the most powerful people in the world. No less.
What the question is about now, is, who is going to pick up the bill to keep the 'financial system' intact. If 'the Fed' is going to pick up the tab, it means, in reality; the ordinary American tax payer will pay for all the mishaps of the people in the financial world. It is this solution which is now the most realistic. Bernanke wants more authority to lend out more money to insolvent financial operators and go to great lenghts to keep them out of losses. While Paulson, confirming that 1,5 million households became homeless in 2007 and another 2,5 million will become homeless this year, say that 'nothing' will be done to stop this.
It is not the 'financial system' which is going down. It is the working class/lower middle class Americans who are going down the drain and the hard working 'ordinaries' who will pay the bill through higher taxes and out-of-this-world inflation (fall of the dollar).
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yanidel
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That is an interesting topic. There is currently in France a whole movement towards the need to go back to a better balance between capitalism, quality of life, ecology and fairness to all people of the world. I am not talking about anarchism/communism of course, yet these ideas are being discussed at the higher level of the two main political parties.
Can the world go on like that ? Everything is now about making profits. China and India are the latest joining the party and will put more pressure on the ecology of this planet. Middle-class in france is starting to suffer : delocalization, inflation, reduction of social services. Economy wise it makes more sense, but human wise, people are not so sure this is the way to go ahead. That leads me to the fact that this is probably why the European Union has so much trouble going forward from now and tighten the links between the countries. People fear it is no longer here to protect them and build a common society, but it has become a huge administration more worried about numbers, growth and expanding markets.