[Leica] I did not buy an M8, but I want one.

[telyt at earthlink.net (Douglas Herr)]

David, try getting up on the other side of bed.

Doug Herr
Birdman of Sacramento
http://www.wildlightphoto.com

On Dec 17, 2006, at 7:18 AM, David Keenan wrote:

> Well, have you been reading about all of the NEW problems with the new
> "fixed" M8's that are just now reaching people's hands?
>
> I think now that Leica is doomed with the M8. People are so 
> hyper-critical
> (as a bitterly disappointed former owner, I am too) that the camera is 
> being
> examined with such fine-toothed comb(s) that I question whether Leica 
> will
> ever "get it right" in the eyes of enough consumers to make it a 
> success.
>
> Now people are complaining about flare caused by the filters that must 
> be
> used to suppress the IR problem. And there is a new banding problem 
> that is
> appearing in the same place on lots of different cameras...
>
> The R-D1 has the same magenta cast problem that wrecked the 
> introduction of
> the M8 and no one ever noticed it -- or at least never thought it was 
> a big
> deal.
>
> My point is that at some point -- and it best be soon -- more folks 
> need to
> learn to accept the M8 as it is -- if you are inclined to still want 
> one --
> or you might just have to kiss Leica goodbye.
>
> These recalls, shipping delays, pissed off dealers, large lens 
> discounts,
> pissed off customers (some who will never buy Leica again), free 
> filters, et
> al, must be really, really screwing with Leica Camera AG's fragile 
> bottom
> line.
>
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