Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/10/12
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Just don't tell her the price. I made this mistake, and Ted forbid me from looking at his book for a month! ;-) Also the wife told me to "Dream On! Only if you win the Lotto!" Love the R8 so far. Will take the afternoon and tomorrow off to go and shoot the fall colors with it. Gene Seems like a number of us are buying into R8s and R9s. I too purchase an R8 and motor drive set a few weeks ago. I was upgrading from an R7. I am still in love. Are we all preparing for the digital back? I am.. don't tell my wife please. Eric -------------------------------------------------- www.faneuil.net ----- Original Message ----- From: "Aram Langhans" <langhans@compwrx.com> To: <lug@leica-users.org> Sent: Monday, October 11, 2004 3:24 PM Subject: Re: [Leica] My new R8 arrived ! > 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 > > >> Message: 35 >> Date: Mon, 11 Oct 2004 10:48:00 -0500 >> From: <grduprey@rockwellcollins.com> >> Subject: [Leica] My new R8 arrived ! >> To: lug@leica-users.org >> Message-ID: >> <OF9513A6F0.70438377-ON86256F2A.00550508- > 86256F2A.0056CAED@crnotes.roc >> kwellcollins.com> >> >> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" >> >> 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 > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > _______________________________________________ Leica Users Group. See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information