Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/10/11
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Seems like a number of us are buying into R8s and R9s. I too purchase an R8 and motor drive set a few weeks ago. I was upgrading from an R7. I am still in love. Are we all preparing for the digital back? I am.. don't tell my wife please. Eric -------------------------------------------------- www.faneuil.net ----- Original Message ----- From: "Aram Langhans" <langhans@compwrx.com> To: <lug@leica-users.org> Sent: Monday, October 11, 2004 3:24 PM Subject: Re: [Leica] My new R8 arrived ! > Gene. > > You'll love the camera. I've had mine for almost 3 years now. I have an > R4, also, but since the R8 I rarely want to use the R4. Only if I know I > am going to be lugging the heavy glass around and I will not be needing > the R8 only features does it see the light of day. Or if I need a second > kind of film. I concur with all your observations about the camera. I > want an R9 for the weight issue, but haven't been able to justify the > cost because if I need a second body there is always that R4 sitting > there. > > Aram > > >> Message: 35 >> Date: Mon, 11 Oct 2004 10:48:00 -0500 >> From: <grduprey@rockwellcollins.com> >> Subject: [Leica] My new R8 arrived ! >> To: lug@leica-users.org >> Message-ID: >> <OF9513A6F0.70438377-ON86256F2A.00550508- > 86256F2A.0056CAED@crnotes.roc >> kwellcollins.com> >> >> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" >> >> 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. I have not completed the first roll of film yet >> as >> SWMBO had a long list of things for me to do since I have been gone a >> lot >> lately, but soon. I am trying out the different modes and the matrix >> metering, since it is new for me and I want to see how it works under >> different conditions. Controls are just perfectly laid out, a real >> nice >> design. BD, yes it does not have Autofocus and a built in motor drive, >> but they are not needed in my opinion. I may eventually want the >> motor, >> but it is easily added. Although if I get the Digital Back, which is >> one >> of the reasons for getting the R8, the motor would not be needed. On >> the >> other hand the Wife has told me that the Digital Back is some time off >> in >> the distant future! ;-) It seems I have spent my allotment of camera >> money for the next several years. I will have to work on this problem. >> >> Photos to come, I am way backlogged in scanning my negatives. >> >> Gene > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >