[Leica] My new R8 arrived !

[langhans at compwrx.com (Aram Langhans)]

Gene.

You'll love the camera.  I've had mine for almost 3 years now.  I have an 
R4, also, but since the R8 I rarely want to use the R4.  Only if I know I 
am going to be lugging the heavy glass around and I will not be needing 
the R8 only features does it see the light of day.  Or if I need a second 
kind of film.  I concur with all your observations about the camera.  I 
want an R9 for the weight issue, but haven't been able to justify the 
cost because if I need a second body there is always that R4 sitting 
there.

Aram


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> Well after 3 weeks my new (Demo) R8 arrived, while i was in Baltimore, 
> Maryland area.  So it was waiting for me when I got home Friday.  First
> impression, it sure is bigger than my R4SP.  But that is where the 
> negatives stop, it is a perfect fit in the hands and operates just like
> you would expect a Leica to work.  Smooth and precise.  Shutter is much
> quieter than the R4 and its family series, more like the SL I have. 
> Viewfinder is superb, and the film advance reminds me of the M cameras
> in 
> smoothness and feel.  I have not completed the first roll of film yet
> as 
> SWMBO had a long list of things for me to do since I have been gone a
> lot 
> lately, but soon.  I am trying out the different modes and the matrix 
> metering, since it is new for me and I want to see how it works under 
> different conditions.  Controls are just perfectly laid out, a real
> nice 
> design.  BD, yes it does not have Autofocus and a built in motor drive,
> but they are not needed in my opinion.  I may eventually want the
> motor, 
> but it is easily added.  Although if I get the Digital Back, which is
> one 
> of the reasons for getting the R8, the motor would not be needed.  On
> the 
> other hand the Wife has told me that the Digital Back is some time off
> in 
> the distant future!  ;-)  It seems I have spent my allotment of camera 
> money for the next several years.  I will have to work on this problem.
> 
> Photos to come, I am way backlogged in scanning my negatives.
> 
> Gene