[Leica] Canon G9 or Leica M8?

[pjleeson at mchsi.com (Philip Leeson)]

Gee, Ted I figured you'd loan him one of your M8's to use on the trip.
;-)
As I write this, my daughter has my Nikon D80.
Maybe I'll see it again.....

Phil

On Nov 9, 2007, at 11:46 PM, Ted Grant wrote:

> So my grandson (21yrs.) says, "G'pa I know you're a Leica  
> photographer and
> rave about the M8 digital. I'm going to Europe next spring for a six  
> week
> tour & I want to take lots of pictures to show when I get back.  
> Which camera
> should I buy? The Canon G9 or the Leica M8?
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> Think about it carefully folks. He already has a well paying job, not
> extravagant, but good. He likes picture taking, "I can't imagine  
> why?" ;-)
> He has the "gut feeling" to what works and what doesn't work
> photographically. I think I was a bit of an influence. ;-)
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> When he was a kid he'd "buffalo" prints in the darkroom during days  
> of the
> wet tray processing. So he's experienced in both film and digital.  
> Used an
> M6 a few times and always said it was, "Cool!" And he has some DSLR
> experience with his Mom's digital camera.
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> So how do you think I responded? A sort of weekend challenge.
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> ted
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