Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/11/11
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]They'll still be there most of the day Saturday. They have one in black, one in silver, and the new wide angle Tri-Elmar. Tonight was a preview, to avoid the weekend mob scene. I don't know if Ralph Hagenauer will still be there, but the local Leica rep will be. There's a link to the pdf around the middle of this page: http://www.kspphoto.com/activepages/classeswrkshp.html Peter. --- Richard <richard-lists@imagecraft.com> wrote: > K&S has M8 for demos...???? Hmm... > > At 11:51 PM 11/10/2006, pmcc wrote: > > >This evening a group of BALUGs met for dinner > before > >going to see a demo at Keeble & Shuchat of the > current > >Leica digital cameras, including the M8. Keith and > >Mark Lee, John Gong, Ken Iisaka and yours truly > were > >there. Ralph Hagenauer from Leica Germany gave a > Power > >Point presentation, and various models were passed > >around and made available for handling. Being aware > of > >the various cavils and misgivings about the M8 > raised > >on the LUG and elsewhere on the net, we were all > >predisposed to be somewhat skeptical and > underwhelmed. > >Well, I for one came away with red dots in my eyes, > >and I don't think I was alone. The camera looks, > >feels and handles just like an M camera, and seems > >impressively well built. It is also clear that > Leica > >is aware of the IR sensitivity issues and others > that > >have been raised, and we are given to understand > that > >fixes will be proposed soon. My sense is that the > M8 > >makes for a relatively painless transition for the > M > >shooter from film to digital -- cost aside, of > course. > > That's the last 2 cents you'll be getting from me > for > >a while, as I now have a good reason to save my > >pennies. > > > >Peter. > >SF, CA > > // richard (This email is for mailing lists. To > reach me directly, please > use richard at imagecraft.com) > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for > more information > ____________________________________________________________________________________ Yahoo! Music Unlimited Access over 1 million songs. http://music.yahoo.com/unlimited