Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/11/17

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Subject: [Leica] M8: "I think it's gonna be all right"
From: philippe.orlent at pandora.be (Philippe Orlent)
Date: Fri Nov 17 14:27:55 2006
References: <5f1be6b50611170906m4bbc4756oebd723bdc308f4dc@mail.gmail.com> <cffaf2bf29cde.455dbf66@shaw.ca> <p06230904c183e64a2c1f@[10.1.16.129]>

What made you so unhappy with the M4-2?
It was my first Leica, and a whole world opened up to me. Never left  
me in shame.

Philippe



Op 17-nov-06, om 23:22 heeft Henning Wulff het volgende geschreven:

> At 1:55 PM -0700 11/17/06, GREG LORENZO wrote:
>> David Keenan writes in part:
>>
>>>  As a former owner of an M8, I maintain that the M8 is already a  
>>> failure.
>>>
>>>  All the claptrap that I read about the M8 being "a real M  
>>> camera" is just
>>>  that, claptrap. It may walk like a duck but it doesn't quack  
>>> like one.
>>>
>>>  Shades of the M5...
>>>
>>>  This not from some old fart, film traditionalist either. I  
>>> longed for a
>>>  digital M but it's back to film and, when appropriate, my now much
>>>  morehighly appreciated R-D1.
>>>
>>>  This will be expounded apon in my upcoming "M8 Manifesto".
>>>
>>
>> Well at least you used yours for a few days (I presume).
>>
>> What did you sell it for?
>>
>> Post you're "M8 Manifesto" here as I for one would be interested  
>> in reading it. Some images would also be nice.
>>
>> BTW, anyone who dislikes the M5 probably never used one.
>>
>> Greg J. Lorenzo
>> Calgary, Alberta
>
> Used one. Wasn't happy. Sold it; got an M4-2 for it. REALLY wasn't  
> happy. Luckily I still had M4's.
>
> If anyone feels a desparate need to part with an M8, call me. I  
> want one with good IR sensitivity.
>
> -- 
>    *            Henning J. Wulff
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Replies: Reply from henningw at archiphoto.com (Henning Wulff) ([Leica] M8: "I think it's gonna be all right")
Reply from rmcclure2 at woh.rr.com (Rob McClure) ([Leica] M8: "I think it's gonna be all right")
In reply to: Message from ausdlk at gmail.com (David Keenan) ([Leica] M8: "I think it's gonna be all right")
Message from gregj.lorenzo at shaw.ca (GREG LORENZO) ([Leica] M8: "I think it's gonna be all right")
Message from henningw at archiphoto.com (Henning Wulff) ([Leica] M8: "I think it's gonna be all right")