Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/12/25

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Subject: [Leica] Walking around with my M8
From: richard.lists at gmail.com (Richard Man)
Date: Thu Dec 25 01:22:08 2008
References: <0C11D12E-6C68-41CD-BBD5-906E6B415BE2@frozenlight.eu>

And the Bessa R3M is even full frame!!! :-)

BTW, Tony Rose says there will be a *huge* price increase for M8->M8.19
upgrade comes end of Feb 2009 (to drive sales to the M8.2?) so get yours in
if you are so inclined!

On Thu, Dec 25, 2008 at 1:18 AM, Nathan <photo@frozenlight.eu> wrote:

> Just wanted to share my pleasure in being able to carry my equipment around
> in a Domke 803 bag and not have a shoulder ache at the end of the day. It
> feels very liberating. OK, right now I only have 2 lenses for my M8, and
> once I have added the other 2 I have coming, it will get a bit heavier. But
> everything will still fit in that little bag.
>
> And now I even have two bodies--just in case the M8 does not like the cold
> weather I expected, I got myself a backup body which is also in that
> Domke--a Bessa R2M with a roll of HP5 in it. Seems better and more solid
> than the earlier Bessa I once had, but still adds only a little weight to
> the bag. And it takes my M lenses :-)
>



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// richard m: richard @imagecraft.com
// b: http://rfman.wordpress.com

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