andalus Posted November 3, 2009 Share #1 Posted November 3, 2009 Advertisement (gone after registration) I have the MP and three fine lenses: 50 Lux ASPH, 135 APO, 24 Elmar. I am 62 and in good health, but who knows how long to go... I have a son, 24, who will inherit whatever I have, but who enjoys his Canon G10 and would never use a film camera. He is going to med school and hardly has time for anything else. I want an M9 but it's expensive. Son would likely use the M9 after I depart this world. If I owned the M9 I don't think I'd use the MP much. I don't suspect the MP is a long term appreciating investment sitting in a drawer or used. I could sell the MP to help buy the M9. Many people say they'd NEVER part with their MP under any circumstances though they have or expect to have an M9. Maybe the ONLY reason, given the items above, to keep the MP would be as a backup? Or perhaps I should just forget the M9 and continue to use the MP and scan my slides, as I have done in recent years? I know: there's probably no way to help me with this decision, but I wonder if anyone else is in the same quandary?? And what they might do to resolve it... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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lars_bergquist Posted November 3, 2009 Share #2 Posted November 3, 2009 I am turning 73 tomorrow, and I want to have some fun before all is over. My M9 arrived yesterday. I also own a 1983 M4-P, which I occasionally use. I love the feel of it. My older daughter will have the gear after me, because she can appreciate it, and there is also a grandson. They can do with my kit what they want. Let the living bury the dead, when that time comes. Carpe diem. The old man from the Age of the Original MP Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
scott kirkpatrick Posted November 3, 2009 Share #3 Posted November 3, 2009 62?? You have time for at least one more mid-life crisis/fling before worrying about succession. Go for the M9 (wait 12 months if you must, sell the MP and buy an M2/3 later if you must). just my 2 agorot. scott Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
everyman Posted November 3, 2009 Share #4 Posted November 3, 2009 What I got from reading your post, was that you are aching for the M9. For some reason you feel guilty about not being able to pass on the MP to your son. But from what you said your son will never use it. So, case closed. I suggest you sell that MP and give yourself permission to buy the M9, guilt free. The M9 is what you will pass along to your son. He will be so grateful for that. I, for one, really hope you decide to go for it. Yes, it is expensive, but think of what it will cost you if you don't buy it. Just a little something called your own happiness. Don't even think about it. Take the plunge. You will not regret it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
spylaw4 Posted November 3, 2009 Share #5 Posted November 3, 2009 I am turning 73 tomorrow, and I want to have some fun before all is over. My M9 arrived yesterday. I also own a 1983 M4-P, which I occasionally use. I love the feel of it. My older daughter will have the gear after me, because she can appreciate it, and there is also a grandson. They can do with my kit what they want. Let the living bury the dead, when that time comes. Carpe diem. The old man from the Age of the Original MP Happy birthday Lars! Nice birthday present! Oh - and for the OP - get the M9, you won't ever regret it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
luigi bertolotti Posted November 3, 2009 Share #6 Posted November 3, 2009 I am turning 73 tomorrow, and I want to have some fun before all is over. My M9 arrived yesterday. I also own a 1983 M4-P, which I occasionally use. I love the feel of it. My older daughter will have the gear after me, because she can appreciate it, and there is also a grandson. They can do with my kit what they want. Let the living bury the dead, when that time comes. Carpe diem. The old man from the Age of the Original MP Happy birthday , Lars !!! Btw... 4th Nov. is a historical date for Italians... And keep in mind that Olympics years are the best to be born !!! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
phovsho Posted November 3, 2009 Share #7 Posted November 3, 2009 Advertisement (gone after registration) If you live to the ripe old age of 67 I doubt your son will use your M9. An MP with quality M lenses is the heirloom, not any digital camera. This is true if your son chooses to use the camera or not. I think your son would be disappointed that you bought a camera on the expectation that he might want it when your dead, and this wasn't your preferred camera. So, which camera(s) do you want? Only you can answer that. Murray Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cliffp Posted November 3, 2009 Share #8 Posted November 3, 2009 I would go for the M9. If your son is going to Med school (and probably the fact that he was able to do to that was partly through your good parenting) he will be able to afford anything he likes. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
250swb Posted November 3, 2009 Share #9 Posted November 3, 2009 I have an MP and am buying (like an echo - 'when it arrives') an M9. I don't plan to sell my MP, but may if I love the M9 beyond the bounds of reason and can never imagine using the MP again. There are a couple of things that I considered. My MP is 'mint' and very early (with the M6 ISO dial), so a bit rarer than the ones in current production. So it may have some extra collector value in years to come. Secondly, if I pass anything on I wouldn't rule out film making a comeback. Heck, in fifty years who knows if there will be any electricity to charge batteries, run printers or even power an internet!? But in any case, in fifty years we could safely assume the M9 will no longer be servicable, unlike the MP. Steve Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris_tribble Posted November 3, 2009 Share #10 Posted November 3, 2009 60's the new 40. You've got the best ahead of you. Get the M9, take pictures, enjoy it, let your son look after his own future!! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mokkacream Posted November 3, 2009 Share #11 Posted November 3, 2009 First, 62 is not the age to think about passing away soon, that what swings in your tone, if you don't have a serious reason for this feeling, but you wrote that you are in good health. Nobody knows, how long he/she still has to go, even if only 30 or 40 or 50 years old. It would be wise, to appreciate every day at any age. Statistically you still have so much time to go, that you probably will even see the birth of the M11. So what? Try to be honest to yourself ... 1) Do you want the M9 for your pleasure, or do you want the M9 to pass it over to your son? 2) If you love your current results, handling and workflow with the MP, does it make sense to switch to the M9 at all? In other words, do you want to switch to a digital workflow? 3) If you decided that you want to switch to digital and if you can and want to afford the M9, how much sense does it make to get it right now and enjoy every day witth it? You got your personal answers? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
thrice Posted November 3, 2009 Share #12 Posted November 3, 2009 I would sell any camera except my M6. I assume the same could be said of the MP. Find something else to sell, surely there is something of less sentimental value and near monetary value you can bear to part with Usually I don't reveal my age because people don't take youngins seriously, but I'm only 25. My aunt has an M3 that she inherited from my grandfather, and her daughter (my cousin) is a keen photographer who will hopefully use it one day. It still gets regular use. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
danyves Posted November 3, 2009 Share #13 Posted November 3, 2009 Yes, do not sell a leica. I agree, do find something else to sell. And see maybe for a Leica leasing to finance th M9. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
delander † Posted November 3, 2009 Share #14 Posted November 3, 2009 My advice (I'm 64) would be to buy your M9 and enjoy, the odds are it will be obsolete by the time your son comes to inherit it. With regard to the Mp I think it is a more personal decision you may want to pass onto your son the camera with which you made a lot of photographs in earlier days. Jeff Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Bernd Banken Posted November 3, 2009 Share #15 Posted November 3, 2009 The MP is the same dead item made of steel, brass etc. as the M9 is. The person behind it makes it singing or not, at the end of the day the photograph it's what counts..... Last week my MP went to the northern part of Germany, the only item which reminds me is a Leicavit in it's box..... Get the M9 asap and shoot...... If somewhen the analog-feeling comes over you, get a cheap Bessa with AE or the better viewfinder version the Zeiss M. In December I'll hit the 62 and my photographic experience is: the best pics I made with cheap hardware...... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
elgenper Posted November 3, 2009 Share #16 Posted November 3, 2009 I am turning 73 tomorrow, and I want to have some fun before all is over. My M9 arrived yesterday. I also own a 1983 M4-P, which I occasionally use. I love the feel of it. My older daughter will have the gear after me, because she can appreciate it, and there is also a grandson. They can do with my kit what they want. Let the living bury the dead, when that time comes. Carpe diem. The old man from the Age of the Original MP Well, hjärtliga gratulationer, as we say in Sweden... Happy to hear that SOMEONE has got his M9 in Sweden... still waiting. Did you get it from one of our local dealers? As for the OP, I too had doubts about how long I would be able to focus an M Leica. Tried a couple of films in my ancient M2, and it still works... So, go ahead and do it! You deserve a digital Leica; so do I (but my M2 stays...). Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
archi4 Posted November 3, 2009 Share #17 Posted November 3, 2009 Lars I am turning 73 next month and as you I have enjoyed my M8 and will look forward to enjoying an M9 in the near future. As we say here in Holland, hartelijk gefeliciteerd en nog vele jaren! Maurice another old man from the Age of the Kodak Box Camera Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
lars_bergquist Posted November 3, 2009 Share #18 Posted November 3, 2009 Thanks everybody. Per -- jag stod först på Schönherrs lista ... As they say, it's the early worm that gets caught by the bird. The old man with the new camera Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
elgenper Posted November 3, 2009 Share #19 Posted November 3, 2009 Tack, Lars, I´m not quite that early as a worm.... no. 15 last time I asked. By then they hadn´t got a single camera besides their demo. So, at least things are moving..... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
microview Posted November 3, 2009 Share #20 Posted November 3, 2009 I am turning 73 tomorrow, and I want to have some fun before all is over. My M9 arrived yesterday. I also own a 1983 M4-P, which I occasionally use. I love the feel of it. My older daughter will have the gear after me, because she can appreciate it, and there is also a grandson. They can do with my kit what they want. Let the living bury the dead, when that time comes. Carpe diem. The old man from the Age of the Original MP Well, enjoy both your birthday and the M9 (as I am sure you will) as much as I look forward to reading your contributions to the Leica forum. And to the OP: I would get the M9 then sell don't part-exchange the film camera). I cannot believe you would have that much or any use for it, and as someome else says your son, when qualified,could always get a new MP if he was that interested. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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