Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/06/23
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Mike, Welcome to the club. It's a hell of a camera. I hope that you have years of good shooting with it. Barney Michael Gardner wrote: > In early May I finally laid down the green for an R8. Great camera! > I'd fiddled with friends cameras and fondled 'em at shows(R8's that is, > not the friends) but there's nothing like shooting with one. > > I swapped off my R7 for a motordrive and I'm ready to rock. Feels great > in my hands and I love the viewfinder. I've shot with F5, N90s, EOS3 > but I'm getting very comfortable with the R8. Leica finally has a > body/MD worthy of the stellar glass (IMO). > > Mike Gardner > > Dan Honemann wrote: > > > > > > With a rebate and a discount I think that the R8 is a real good deal. > > > > > > I completely agree -- same with the R6.2. Believe me I'm tempted, but I'm > > > currently going through "recovery"... > > > > Same here! And reading Barney's posts is like an alcoholic walking into a > > bar. > > > > Dan