Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/10/11

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Subject: [Leica] My new R8 arrived !
From: gregj.lorenzo at shaw.ca (GREG LORENZO)
Date: Mon Oct 11 10:16:47 2004
 
Gene writes in part:

> Well after 3 weeks my new (Demo) R8 arrived, while i was in 
> Baltimore, Maryland area.  So it was waiting for me when I got home 
> Friday.  
> First impression, it sure is bigger than my R4SP.  But that is where the 
> negatives stop, it is a perfect fit in the hands and operates just 
> like you would expect a Leica to work.  Smooth and precise. Shutter is 
> much quieter than the R4 and its family series, more like the SL I 
> have. Viewfinder is superb, and the film advance reminds me of the M 
> cameras in smoothness and feel. 

Congratulations Gene! The R8 is a wonderful camera with some of the most 
outstanding glass offered anywhere. It is the true descendent of the SL2! 

Greg
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