Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/01/10

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Subject: [Leica] M8 Article in LFI
From: leica at screengang.com (Didier Ludwig)
Date: Wed Jan 10 11:23:47 2007
References: <440b792d0701101024u4a53b311p89e4156e1d85f35a@mail.gmail.com> <C1CA9E52.1AE18%bd@bdcolenphoto.com>
 
well said, chief...

At 19:44 10.01.2007, B. D. Colen wrote:
>But if precisely the same $4800 camera - looked and felt like a film M, nice
>bright viewfinder, solidly built, M lens mount, 10 mpg - with precisely the
>same problems - electronic but no dust or moisture seals, banding, IR
>weirdness, green blobs, questionable battery life, need for IR cut-off
>filters on lenses, noise levels much, much higher than Canon's, etc. etc. -
>were manufactured by Nikon, Canon, Cosina, or Zeiss for that matter, would
>you still call it "a great camera and worth the extra learning curve?"
>
>
>On 1/10/07 1:24 PM, "mehrdad" <msadat@gmail.com> wrote:
>> despite, all of the problems, it is a great camera and worth the
>> learning curve extra cost.
In reply to: Message from msadat at gmail.com (mehrdad) ([Leica] M8 Article in LFI)
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