Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/11/17

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Subject: [Leica] M8: "I think it's gonna be all right"
From: henningw at archiphoto.com (Henning Wulff)
Date: Fri Nov 17 14:23:04 2006
References: <5f1be6b50611170906m4bbc4756oebd723bdc308f4dc@mail.gmail.com> <cffaf2bf29cde.455dbf66@shaw.ca>

At 1:55 PM -0700 11/17/06, GREG LORENZO wrote:
>David Keenan writes in part:
>
>>  As a former owner of an M8, I maintain that the M8 is already a failure.
>>
>>  All the claptrap that I read about the M8 being "a real M camera" is just
>>  that, claptrap. It may walk like a duck but it doesn't quack like one.
>>
>>  Shades of the M5...
>>
>>  This not from some old fart, film traditionalist either. I longed for a
>>  digital M but it's back to film and, when appropriate, my now much
>>  morehighly appreciated R-D1.
>>
>>  This will be expounded apon in my upcoming "M8 Manifesto".
>>
>
>Well at least you used yours for a few days (I presume).
>
>What did you sell it for?
>
>Post you're "M8 Manifesto" here as I for one would be interested in 
>reading it. Some images would also be nice.
>
>BTW, anyone who dislikes the M5 probably never used one.
>
>Greg J. Lorenzo
>Calgary, Alberta

Used one. Wasn't happy. Sold it; got an M4-2 for it. REALLY wasn't 
happy. Luckily I still had M4's.

If anyone feels a desparate need to part with an M8, call me. I want 
one with good IR sensitivity.

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    *            Henning J. Wulff
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Replies: Reply from philippe.orlent at pandora.be (Philippe Orlent) ([Leica] M8: "I think it's gonna be all right")
In reply to: Message from ausdlk at gmail.com (David Keenan) ([Leica] M8: "I think it's gonna be all right")
Message from gregj.lorenzo at shaw.ca (GREG LORENZO) ([Leica] M8: "I think it's gonna be all right")