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Second this recommendation. I'm actually one of the people who gets the online only version, as my house is already bursting with photo books & zines etc.

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Aug 13Author

You've GOT TO upgrade!!!

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I too look forward to my Leica Photography subscription . I have been receiving it for more than 50 years. It is a great source of inspiration.

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Wow, you may be the record holder or close to it in terms of longest subscriber. I think that statistic might be in the front part of the latest 75 edition... I cannot remember but you might want to check. If it's NOT there you should let them know.

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Thanks for the recommendation. With so many photo-related magazines gone, I haven’t been able to find a magazine that I wanted to subscribe to until now. I did so immediately. The current price for a print subscription is 99 euros plus 20 euros for delivery. At today’s exchange rate, the total was $112.82. I’m looking forward to receiving my first issue.

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Hmmm for some reason it was $89 when I looked at it myself the other day (and I forgot delivery, I never count that in for my own rationalization reasons - sorry)

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No, I was wrong. When I got the receipt from the magazine I see that the print subscription is €79 and the shipping is €20.

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See... cheap enough we don't care all that much ;-)

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Oh, thank you for this recommendation, I have been in such a rut lately when it comes to my “art “. I miss great magazines, the feel of the paper for starters… I long for a Leica Monochrome, time for a subscription

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One more thing... my favorite M to use is my ancient and beat up M4. I'd shoot that all the time if film wasn't so stinking expensive but now it's relatively easy to justify a digital M based on film/process/scan for color film.

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Oh, forgot, after a LONG, LONG time of debating Monochrom or regular M for a digital Leica and flip-flopping on it over and over I personally chose a regular digital M and just keep shooting black and white 35mm film... in my film M.

If I could afford two then I MIGHT (and I do mean might) consider a Monochrom as after having tried one (a buddy's) the only place I can see an advantage is in extreme ISO situations. The downside is everything else including having to use colored filters while shooting which in many cases seems to cancel out some of the ISO advantages (such as a dark red filter)

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Recently did an online with Harold Davis; he had just received the Monochrom 11 from Leica, said it was keeping him up at night figuring out all the lenses etc. I still have all the coloured filters for my TL Electro (1975?), yes I still shoot with it

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I've never regretted spending the money on this, I cannot say the same thing for many many other "online" and software purchases around the same amount.

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