Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/08/21

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Subject: [Leica] M8 hands-on news
From: rdcb37 at dodo.com.au (Rick Dykstra)
Date: Mon Aug 21 04:22:31 2006
References: <6.2.5.6.2.20060819110534.030b88e0@screengang.com> <44E70FB3.1070805@waltjohnson.com> <9b678e0608200800g6c9febdfh21e71c4601059ca1@mail.gmail.com> <6.2.5.6.2.20060821110813.03254ce0@screengang.com>

Crikey, the LUGs a bit slow today.  It took all of ten posts to get  
from M8 to Viagra.  On a normal day it'd take three.

I thought the news was good.  Looks like an M7, quiet shutter, well  
made, ...  hmmm, maybe that explains the lack of excitement - it's  
just what we expected.  I guess that's good.

Hoppy, can you pass on which supplier has ordered the 50?

Rick.

On 21/08/2006, at 7:17 PM, Didier Ludwig wrote:

> Don
> With a shooting speed of 3 frames/sec and an expected size of  
> approx. 25MB
> for a M8 raw file you'll need 16GB cards with a writing speed of  
> 75MB/sec to
> put 600 shots on... Actally they're at 8GB and 25MB/sec... and not  
> shure if one accu will be enough for that...
> :-)
> Didier
>
>
>
>> ...Fondling, err no, just glad to
>> have a 600 exposure roll of film in the camera and film advance to  
>> cock.
>> The only concerns would be a large enough buffer that I could  
>> shoot three to
>> five RAW frames quickly before recomposing.
>>
>> Rain, who cares about rain with a Passport warranty.
>>
>> Don
>
>
>
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Replies: Reply from hoppyman at bigpond.net.au (G Hopkinson) ([Leica] M8 hands-on news)
In reply to: Message from rangefinder at screengang.com (Didier Ludwig) ([Leica] M8 hands-on news)
Message from walt at waltjohnson.com (Walt Johnson) ([Leica] M8 hands-on news)
Message from don.dory at gmail.com (Don Dory) ([Leica] M8 hands-on news)
Message from rangefinder at screengang.com (Didier Ludwig) ([Leica] M8 hands-on news)