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Subject: [Leica] M8 Impressions, Pro and Con, correction
From: len-1 at comcast.net (Leonard Taupier)
Date: Wed Nov 15 16:36:54 2006
References: <7.0.1.0.2.20061115152125.0256f670@infoave.net><26169B14-55FF-4874-BE58-C867CAD89E9B@ncable.net.au> <5E5D4CCC-A40B-40F6-B545-B3F5BA05C5FF@comcast.net> <003a01c70913$45664f70$6101a8c0@jimnichols>

It's really a bummer. But whatever works is OK with me.

Len


On Nov 15, 2006, at 7:07 PM, Jim Nichols wrote:

> I have a scarred left lens from my Barnack Leicas.  I use a circle  
> cut from black adhesive-backed felt from the Wal-Mart craft  
> department.  Cheap, very useful.
>
> Jim Nichols
> Tullahoma, TN USA
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Leonard Taupier"  
> <len-1@comcast.net>
> To: "Leica Users Group" <lug@leica-users.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, November 15, 2006 5:04 PM
> Subject: Re: [Leica] M8 Impressions, Pro and Con, correction
>
>
>> Alastair,
>>
>> I shot with a M2 and M3 at times. If you do you better put  
>> something  over the viewfinder to protect your glasses. It's metal  
>> not rubber  and can be pretty sharp. I think Stephen still sells a  
>> little sticky  donut for that purpose. What I do is punch a hole  
>> in a band-aid and  then with scissors cut around the hole to fit  
>> the eyepiece. I'm still  walking around with a scratch over the  
>> right lens the first and only  time I didn't use protection. Just  
>> a word of advice.
>>
>> Len
>>
>>
>> On Nov 15, 2006, at 6:08 PM, Alastair Firkin wrote:
>>
>>> I have my first pair of glasses coming this afternoon: I can put  
>>> up  with not being able to read X-rays at work, but when I could  
>>> not  read the f- stop on my M6 something had to give ;-) Better  
>>> than the  alternative has always been my philosophy.
>>>
>>> Cheers
>>> On 16/11/2006, at 7:25, Tina Manley wrote:
>>>
>>>> LUG:
>>>>
>>>> Disregard this comment that I made about the M8:
>>>>
>>>> "Either the viewfinder is dimmer than my M7's or my eyes are   
>>>> getting worse (a possibility!)  It's harder to get the focus  
>>>> right  than with the M7."
>>>>
>>>> I just got back from having my eyes checked and the vision in  
>>>> my  left eye has decreased 20% since my last check-up!  The  
>>>> doctor  checked for glaucoma, cataracts, macular degeneration  
>>>> and all  kinds of stuff and found nothing.  I'm going back next  
>>>> week  another test and some new glasses.  My focusing with the  
>>>> M8 should  improve immensely when I have glasses that match my  
>>>> new decreased  vision.  Getting old sucks but it's better than  
>>>> the alternative!!
>>>>
>>>> Tina
>>>>
>>>> Tina Manley, ASMP, NPPA
>>>> http://www.tinamanley.com
>>>>
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In reply to: Message from images at InfoAve.Net (Tina Manley) ([Leica] M8 Impressions, Pro and Con, correction)
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Message from len-1 at comcast.net (Leonard Taupier) ([Leica] M8 Impressions, Pro and Con, correction)
Message from jhnichols at bellsouth.net (Jim Nichols) ([Leica] M8 Impressions, Pro and Con, correction)