Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/09/01
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Dave, Were you really promised an R10? When is it coming out? Jerry David Young wrote: > At 31/08/2007, you wrote: >> Actually ther M8 is every bit as intuitive as the previous M's. No >> real reason to read the manual at all. Unless you cannot figure out >> how to charge the battery or put the SD card in. Actually very >> similar to film in a M6 or M7, at least it is in the same location. >> Only a couple of things to even set, DNG/JPG and ISO. The rest you >> can worry about a week or so after starting to shoot. Heck >> downloading the digital images is simple. Even I figured this thing >> out. >> >> Gene > > You are right, Gene. I had the pleasure of using a pre-production M8 > for a couple of weeks, a year ago - well before it was introduced and > well before there was an instruction book for it! > > http://www3.telus.net/~telyt/M8.htm > > The only non-intuitive bit was changing the ISO ... you simply press > SET rather than MENU, and when you lightly press the shutter button, > it sets the parameters. A neat way to reduce the button count by > one, and as the ancient Japanese proverb says... "Simple - when know > how!" > > Otherwise the camera is absolutely intuitive. I hope the promised R10 > is as simple to use! > > Cheers! > --- > > David Young, > Logan Lake, CANADA