Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/12/19

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Subject: [Leica] un-believable
From: jayanand at gmail.com (Jayanand Govindaraj)
Date: Fri Dec 19 17:44:42 2008
References: <C4BF7AB3-DB7F-43A5-9A3A-62AFC042AE67@mac.com> <20081219185359.04b33c1a@linux-019a.site> <0DA7A328-EA7B-486C-935A-38EB0A012C8C@ameritech.net> <BD27E035DFBE447E84496BA54E55A369@D1S9FY41> <494C3CC0.2010707@gmail.com> <4971557D-4EB5-4867-9293-A79A5CA046C5@mac.com>

George,
That is your usual defense - "I have a feeling that you have not seriously
used an M8". The fact is  that it is extremely expensive for what it
delivers - I am risking another contemptuous round of reactions here, which
I have endured ever since the camera was released, due to my (still)
negative view on the pricing. Not the camera, mind you, but the pricing. A
Ferrari is brimful of the latest technical innovations. A Patek or Lange
have genuine quality of handmade luxury. An M8 is neither. The lenses are
another question altogether, but the body is atrociously priced.
Cheers
Jayanand

On Sat, Dec 20, 2008 at 6:35 AM, Lottermoser George <imagist3@mac.com>wrote:

> I certainly do not consider the range finder or the ccd in the M8 rubbish.
> Nor the meter, nor the lenses, nor the simple controls.
> I have a feeling that you have not seriously used an M8.
>
> Fond regards,
> George
>
> george@imagist.com
> http://www.imagist.com
> http://www.imagist.com/blog
> http://www.linkedin.com/in/imagist
>
>
>
> On Dec 19, 2008, at 6:30 PM, Yama Nawabi wrote:
>
>  Au contraire! The technology used in the M8 relative to other cameras is
>> rubbish.
>>
>
>
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