Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/06/11

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Subject: [Leica] M8 and the WAR
From: imagist3 at mac.com (Lottermoser George)
Date: Wed Jun 11 10:33:27 2008
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Could be.
Then again one more generation of R digital might obsolete the Canon.

If I were doing the kind of work that MICHAEL KAMBER is doing - I'd  
probably feel much as he does about the M8. When I was doing pj work  
on a daily basis - a life time ago - I'd probably not put up with M8  
idiosyncrasies. But  now - each time I pick it up - still in love  
with the little thing.
Same with the R8/DMR - except "big thing."
The love has a lot to do with mounting Leica glass, loving manual  
focus with precision optics, and the feel of the system.

The 5D and 20D and their auto lenses without iris rings and useable  
manual focus feel dull by comparison.

If Leica does not continue to improve their M and R digital - I might  
move back to Nikon - even though my last Nikon experiences were less  
than enthusiastic - they were quite a number of generations ago - and  
not digital.

Fond regards,
George
george@imagist.com
www.imagist.com
http://www.imagist.com/blog
Picture A Week - www.imagist.com/paw_07



On Jun 11, 2008, at 12:04 PM, slobodan dimitrov wrote:

> Point taken!
> One more generation of Canon digital development might obsolete the  
> R8 decisively.


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