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Subject: [Leica] Canon G9 or Leica M8?
From: phamard at numericable.fr (Philippe Amard)
Date: Mon Nov 12 12:58:09 2007
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Happy as a Ted
Your post made me smile, sounds like it was yours, already ;-)
Amiti?s
Phil...x


Ted Grant wrote:

>The boys were here for supper last evening and Kyle was blasting away with
>the G9 like a paparazzi driving his grand mother crazy snapping her like she
>was a movie star. :-)   ...
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>Do you know what?
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>It's one amazing quality camera! I would say in the hands of a knowledgeable
>amateur or working pro this is one fine piece of gear for the price. $550.
>Cdn. plus taxes.
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>Like this wouldn't be a happy snap point & shoot in the hands of an
>experienced photographer. It would be a very efficient tool and could easily
>be used in the work-assignment category.  I might say before anyone comes
>back with put down snappy assed negative comments you might want to
>seriously go to a camera shop and gain some experience. You'll be very
>surprised and I see this kind of gear as one of the things Leica will have
>to overcome when they start producing their own digital cameras.
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>At 12 mps it captures a very fine image and the available light quality is
>quite remarkable. Although we've yet to make a 12X18 print what comes up on
>the huge camera screen is quite amazing quality. Not to forget the zoom is
>also producing very sharp images.
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>More to come when he let's me play with it in a day or two. ;-) I couldn't
>pry it out of his hands. :-) 
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