Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/08/02

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Subject: [Leica] M8 Review
From: kididdoc at cox.net (Steve Barbour)
Date: Thu Aug 2 07:59:40 2007
References: <C2D71734.62800%mark@rabinergroup.com>

On Aug 2, 2007, at 2:08 AM, Mark Rabiner wrote:

> I normally think highly of the DP Preview and look to them often.  
> But now
> I'm looking at them ever so slightly askance..
> To have a milestone camera such as the M8 reviewed by a guy who was so
> outside the loop like that was way beneath them. They should have  
> dug up a
> reviewer who knew what was going on not some guy using a  
> rangefinder for the
> first time and seemed un aware of Leica prices which have never  
> been on the
> cheep side.
>
> In other words at at least a reviewer who'd used M's at least at  
> one point
> in their career. Which is how any other M camera would normally get  
> reviewed
> by just about any source of reviews.


maybe the next hi-end Canon digital slr will be reviewed

by someone who's never used slr's...



Steve



>
>
> "gee do I line up the little box in the middle so there are 2 eyes  
> instead
> of 4 wow no mirror black out!"
>
>
>
>
>
> Mark William Rabiner
> Harlem, NY
>
> rabinergroup.com
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