Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/08/07

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Subject: [Leica] The Leica M8, from a DSLR User's Perspective... from B&H
From: mark at rabinergroup.com (Mark Rabiner)
Date: Thu Aug 7 06:39:03 2008

I love the assortment of rare earth pancakes Pentax has!



mark@rabinergroup.com
Mark William Rabiner



> From: Will von Dauster <vondauster@earthlink.net>
> Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug@leica-users.org>
> Date: Thu, 7 Aug 2008 07:19:22 -0600
> To: Leica Users Group <lug@leica-users.org>
> Subject: Re: [Leica] The Leica M8, from a DSLR User's Perspective... from 
> B&H
> 
> Hi All,
> 
> On Aug 5, 2008, at 12:12 PM, Mark Rabiner wrote:
> 
>> (snip)
>> 
>> People need to take their Yuban Coffee can 2.8 zooms and battery
>> packs off
>> their DSLR's and SLR's before they decide what the footprint is.
>> Go out a and buy a 50mm or 35mm lens and put that on instead.
>> 
>> That compact elegant glass is not just for Leica M's any more.
> 
> Right on, Mark! I just got the 25mm f2.8 (50mm equiv) prime from
> Olympus. This on my "old" E-510 makes for a very compact and capable
> carry-around for someone who grew up shooting a 50mm f3.5 Elmar,,,,
> 
> More primes, please, Oly! And kudos to Pentax for their nice selection
> of well made primes.
> 
> Will von Dauster
> 
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