nicci78 Posted March 25, 2021 Share #1 Posted March 25, 2021 (edited) Advertisement (gone after registration) Film cameras in general are getting more and more expensive. Functioning film cameras are getting rarer and rarer. List of not fixable cameras is getting longer and longer. More and more people are excited about shooting film. Films are getting more and more expensive thanks to Kodak investment to produce more of them. It is the perfect storm to make brand new 4.5K€ analog M cameras a reasonable buy today. Who would have thought that possible a couple of years ago ? I am now lusting after a brand new MP. Edited March 25, 2021 by nicci78 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Advertisement Posted March 25, 2021 Posted March 25, 2021 Hi nicci78, Take a look here Film cameras cost and brand new analog M.. I'm sure you'll find what you were looking for!
a.noctilux Posted March 25, 2021 Share #2 Posted March 25, 2021 Hello Nicci78, You may order your brand new MP now, while it's not too late. As side note, I thought that "new" film camera (while Leica launched M-A, late 2014) was something of short life "offering". I was wrong, as Leica Camera still "offer" film MP/M-A new. Side note two, reading that some new MP/M-A have "flaws" from new, here and other sites, I started (for some years now) thinking that new film M is no more like the good old days. I think you are aware that one new M-A now, in North France ... after two exchanges (with two troubles different on each M-A), the user is waiting for another, third M-A hoping for "perfect unit". Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
nicci78 Posted March 25, 2021 Author Share #3 Posted March 25, 2021 I am aware of Rax issues I will choose the MP because it stands for Mechanical Perfection. Whereas M-A stands for Mechanical Amateurism 😜 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
nicci78 Posted March 25, 2021 Author Share #4 Posted March 25, 2021 (edited) Joke aside. I am a sucker for Black paint and I hate black chrome. So MP is an obvious choice. Especially with its brand new leatherette. I used to discard every stock MP because I hate the shark skin so much. So 2021 is the perfect storm for MP Edited March 25, 2021 by nicci78 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
a.noctilux Posted March 25, 2021 Share #5 Posted March 25, 2021 You make me wanting MP 😇. ...again after having had two MP, 0.85/0.72 at two periods. I'd order with x0.85 VF if possible (nothing is impossible when one asks hard enough and willing to pay). Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
nicci78 Posted March 25, 2021 Author Share #6 Posted March 25, 2021 Let’s make MP great again ! bring back 0.85x VF ! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danner Posted March 26, 2021 Share #7 Posted March 26, 2021 Advertisement (gone after registration) A small win for film, Ilford has released a new, better, version of the Spite series, the Ilford Sprite 35-II, which takes 135 film cassettes. Somebody must be buying them. 😎 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
nicci78 Posted March 26, 2021 Author Share #8 Posted March 26, 2021 Another toy. Just a reusable disposable camera. But why not. It can be cool. But a proper camera would be nicer. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
a.noctilux Posted March 26, 2021 Share #9 Posted March 26, 2021 This thing deserves film market. Hopefully this thing will have little impact on Leica -or to-be...users. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
tightsqueez Posted March 26, 2021 Share #10 Posted March 26, 2021 On 3/25/2021 at 7:16 AM, nicci78 said: Let’s make MP great again ! bring back 0.85x VF ! Good luck making the MP great anytime. You'd have better luck with Trump. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danner Posted March 26, 2021 Share #11 Posted March 26, 2021 1 hour ago, tightsqueez said: Good luck making the MP great anytime. You'd have better luck with Trump. The MP is already great, damit! 🙂 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pgk Posted March 27, 2021 Share #12 Posted March 27, 2021 On 3/25/2021 at 9:40 AM, nicci78 said: Film cameras in general are getting more and more expensive. Functioning film cameras are getting rarer and rarer. List of not fixable cameras is getting longer and longer. You are right. We anticipate that digital cameras will have a finite life and it comes as a bit of a surprise that mechancal cameras, whilst they should be repairable, are reliant of the abilities of technicians and the availability of spares. Cameras I owned and used like the Olympus OM-1 and Nikon FM seemed as though they would go on forever. And solid lumps like the Nikon F or F2 were built to last and take abuse. The reality is that many are old and in need of a good CLA or even repair neither of which is cheap and it is often uneconomic. A few years ago Leica dealers were turning away M2s and M3s because they could not guarantee them due to potential repair costs. Today they have escalated in price and are now economic to service or repair and are on the dealer's shelves again. I wonder if we will see a similar price rise for 'classic' 35mm film cameras and their consequent usability become better? 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
kivis Posted April 5, 2021 Share #13 Posted April 5, 2021 Well folks, Leica just raised their prices as of April 1st. But only $100 for their two film offerings. So if you could afford it before, you can still afford it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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