[Leica] M8 and the Future

[firkin at ncable.net.au (Alastair Firkin)]

I'm told they are due in Australia in 2 weeks and hope to have a  
fondle then ;-)

On 27/10/2006, at 12:03, G Hopkinson wrote:

> Thanks Greg, yes of course I was aware of the LUG reviews/previews.  
> I do recall Henning posting a single small image, not related to
> his review. I haven't seen any other publicly available images. But  
> then, since B.D. has now mentioned that he has had a visit from
> Ted, perhaps he's seen hundreds? ;-)
> It does sound as though the Reid Review is very informative. I  
> haven't seen it. As mentioned it appears that Leica asked that images
> from those preview examples not be published in that the firmware  
> was not the production version. I don't recall any content
> specifically commenting on very high ISO performance. I shall re- 
> read the reviews. In any event, I have no idea except what has been
> shared with us. I was asking about where the comparison had been  
> done vs the Canon performance.
> Howard in Hong Kong has just posted that his experience was that  
> the camera's performance was spectacular at 1250 ISO. That is a
> marvel and shows some huge potential for that low light creativity  
> that many Leica users love. I am certainly looking forward to
> early owners sharing their pictures and experiences with us all. I  
> thought that the on-line reviews that we have seen were certainly
> intellectually honest and also very interesting to us all. I hope  
> you don't consider that I've made uninformed, idle speculation
> regarding the camera's performance. Certainly I've never handled  
> one. I do hope to be shown one of the early deliveries ordered in
> Australia, maybe early in 2007. I suspect that handling one may be  
> very bad indeed for the wallet.
> Cheers
> Hoppy
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: lug-bounces+hoppyman=bigpond.net.au@leica-users.org  
> [mailto:lug-bounces+hoppyman=bigpond.net.au@leica-users.org] On  
> Behalf Of
> GREG LORENZO
> Sent: Friday, 27 October 2006 11:32
> To: Leica Users Group
> Subject: Re: RE: [Leica] M8 and the Future
>
> G Hopkinson writes in part:
>
>> B.D., I follow your observations on this and would like to add
>> some questions and comments.
>> Where are the review images located that you have used to compare
>> the high ISO performance?
>> I have only read reviews thus far based on pre-production
>> examples. Those reviewers, quite properly, have refrained from  
>> posting
>> images, commenting that the firmware is not the commercial release.
>
> Hoppy,
>
> A quick check of recent Lug archives should bring up some reviews  
> from List members who have actually seen, handled, used an M8, and
> produced images with it. Tom A., Henning and Howard C come to mind.
>
> Henning, I believe, actually posted an on-line photo.
>
> Although these three have posted their subjective opinions and  
> impressions there have not been a lot of publicly available image
> results to see for yourself.
>
> That said, I tend to believe that our on-List reviewers have posted  
> their opinions subsequent to actual usage... which is
> intellectually more honest then uninformed, idle speculation.
>
> Regards,
>
> Greg
>
>
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