Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/04/25
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Oh, I do love my M8, and along with the Summilux 35mm ASPH, it has taken the place of my M6/Noctilux combo which took 90%+ of all the photos I've taken in the last 8 years. I have no regrets, and I have to learn with its deficiencies, as well as its strengths. This was the first time I observed this particular problem, and I lose far more photos due to operator errors. Besides, this was not hard to fix on Photoshop. I am looking forward to the next version of M8 which I will buy as soon as it comes out, and will use two bodies, as I had used an M6 and an M3 together. The next body I will buy will be a chrome body, however. On Apr 25, 2007, at 6:34 PM, Tina Manley wrote: > At 08:20 PM 4/25/2007, you wrote: > >> This brings up one reason why I think the M8 has taken such a >> blasting for being a poor camera...it was released with issues no >> worse than most new digital cameras have had...the problem with >> Leica is they are so late to the game most other makers have moved >> past these growing pains and now people are far less tolerant than >> they were a mere 5 years ago. >> Note I am not bashing the M8, merely pointing out why I think it >> has gotten such a bad rap where the 1D, D1X, D2 and others did not. > > You are right, Harrison, and that is the reason that those of us > who have used other digital cameras and learned to work with them > really, really love the M8! We are not coming straight from a film > camera with all sorts of expectations but we've learned to use > digital camera first and realize how wonderful it is to be able to > use a digital rangefinder camera that uses our M lenses! My > expectations were high for the lenses and the rangefinder. I've > learned to work with the digital. I'm happy. ;-) > > Tina > > Tina Manley, ASMP, NPPA > http://www.tinamanley.com > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information