[Leica] M8 and the WAR

[msadat at gmail.com (mehrdad)]

regardless of what he says about the M8, Mike loves rangerfinders, my
source tells me he will next use a contax G2 blk set


a lot of other things have failed In Iraq and this is another one of
those things.


On Wed, Jun 11, 2008 at 11:35 AM, Adrian Weale
<adrian.weale@btinternet.com> wrote:
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> I agree:  very different animals indeed and there's no great point in
> comparing them.  The lesson I learned was that the conditions were such 
> that
> a non 'pro-spec' DSLR struggled in Iraq whereas the simple and robust
> mechanical rangefinder I took coped with them perfectly well (I did have 
> the
> M6 overhauled when I got back as a precaution but the repairer didn't 
> notice
> any particular problems with it).  While it isn't something I'm losing any
> sleep over, I'm wondering whether, when I go to Afghanistan next year, I
> should bother with a digital camera at all or just stick to a couple of M
> film bodies.  Oddly enough, the film stock I took with me (Fuji Provia 100)
> coped with the heat very well.
>
> The D100 was a perfectly acceptable camera but I had no hesitation in
> Ebaying it when the D200 appeared and actually got just under ?500 for it!
>
> Adrian
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> Mark Rabiner wrote:
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> Both the D100 and M8 are digital "first outs" by the respective companies
> Nikon and Leica.
> And that's where their similarity ends.
> The D100 is a plastic cameras which broke DSLR price barriers. It got me
> into digital photography.
>
> ...
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> If the D100 was not perfect it was ok was it was a grand and a half and the
> D200 was a real camera made for serious use and we all just got that when
> the time came. I don't even use the D100 as a back up body I use a D40x.
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