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

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Subject: [Leica] M8 hands-on news
From: hoppyman at bigpond.net.au (G Hopkinson)
Date: Mon Aug 21 04:45:06 2006

Sure thing Rick.
It is Camera Exchange in Melbourne that told me, just a couple of days ago.
I was busily buying M gear from them at the time!
I got to play with - 3 or 4 M7's, a couple of the 28s, the ZI RF and the new
ZI ZF 50 & 85 for the Nikon F mount. So much technolust, so few hands to
load film with. 
They hope to be selling the M8? at a little better than that quoted retail.
You have to respect a store that has such a great range of M gear in stock.
I've had several very pleasant dealings with them. I never fail to visit
when I am in Melbourne. Walked out with an M7 and a very nice Summicron 28
on this occasion. Scanning the first negs as I sit here.

I'm just impressed that they have ordered so many. Wonder how many they will
get? I would think that they are one of the biggest Leica dealers in
Australia?

Cheers
Hoppy

-----Original Message-----
From: lug-bounces+hoppyman=bigpond.net.au@leica-users.org
[mailto:lug-bounces+hoppyman=bigpond.net.au@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of
Rick Dykstra
Sent: Monday, 21 August 2006 21:22
To: Leica Users Group
Subject: Re: [Leica] M8 hands-on news

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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