Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/11/06
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Jayanand I absolutely couldn't agree with you more about these new M8's. If someone could show me a real advantage to $5000 cameras maybe, but holy cow that's a lot of Tri-X. I've broken a few things over the years and tried to take it like a man. Break my M8 and I'd cry all the was to the pharmacist. He sure as hell better have my Valium ready.and waiting. >:o Walt Jayanand Govindaraj wrote: > Tina, > Unlikely that I would want to, at that price. I would buy a Nikon > D80/D200 or an equivalent Canon at one fifth the price. maybe even a > Panasonic or Sony with a 10MP chip. I would forgo 2500 ASA, and > shooting at night without a tripod and save US$4000. So be it. This is > my opinion. Yours might be different and I respect that. > Cheers > Jayanand > > Tina Manley wrote: > >> At 11:04 PM 11/5/2006, you wrote: >> >>> I know people will say 'rangefinder' or 'Leica' but the bang for the >>> buck is just not there as a photographic tool, IMHO. On the other >>> hand, it qualifies extremely well as an inexpensive piece of >>> handmade jewellery..... >>> Cheers >>> Jayanand >> >> >> >> How can you say this when you haven't even used one? Mine certainly >> won't be jewelery. I'll use it to make my living, along with my >> SLRs. Rangefinders are better for some uses and the M8 is a >> rangefinder. >> >> Tina >> >> Tina Manley, ASMP, NPPA >> http://www.tinamanley.com >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> >> > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >