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Subject: [Leica] M8 trials and tribulations?
From: rmcclure2 at woh.rr.com (Rob McClure)
Date: Sun May 6 07:17:15 2007
References: <B59890A4-CA60-4FEB-8D84-C14169133D2A@mac.com>

Brian,

Great shots.  Really brought back memories of the days 20 years ago  
when we lived in South Jersey and often did one of the bike loops in  
the park.  I especially enjoyed the Boat Houses, Museum, Valley Green  
Inn and old factory town of Manayunk.  Great photo opportunities.  BTW,  
It was there that I broke the seatpost on my Cannondale ST500, proving  
that a stiff aluminum frame isn't as strong as one might think ( I did  
get a free, new, updated frame which has lasted these 20 years.)

Rob McClure

On May 6, 2007, at 9:30 AM, Brian Ampolsk wrote:

> I have loved using my M8 and have not encountered any of the problems  
> others have discussed.  I just received my 28 Summicron back from  
> Leica, newly 6 bit encoded.  I took it out for a spin in Fairmount  
> Park yesterday and here are a couple of the results:
>
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/bampolsk/M8/ 
> Japanese+Gdn+in+Philly.jpg.htm
>
> Note the exif data on the previous photo:  16/12003.  Roughly  
> translates to 1/750.  I guess aperture priority is really precise  
> (however, the next photo exif data is 1/1000.).  Also, It;s surprising  
> to me that Leica does not include aperture setting with its data.  Or  
> is this something not in the Exif standard (I've just started paying  
> attention to this).
>
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/bampolsk/M8/space- 
> time+continuum.jpg.html
>
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/bampolsk/M8/Small+Atlanteans.jpg.html
>
> Another  photo  taken with 21 Elmarit
>
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/bampolsk/M8/Spring+trees.jpg.html
>
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Rob McClure
Upper Sandusky, OH


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