Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/12/20

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Subject: [Leica] Quality (was un-believable)
From: rmcclure2 at woh.rr.com (rob mcclure)
Date: Sat Dec 20 07:46:40 2008
References: <C571F947.46C4F%mark@rabinergroup.com> <818DA469-3DE6-49D3-8596-E0D538DA279E@mac.com> <a3f189160812200737k6a677a81jebc064dd84f23722@mail.gmail.com>

Never having seen or held an m8 I can only go by comparison photos.   
It is much thicker than film M's.  Seems the balance and feel would be  
different.

Rob
On Dec 20, 2008, at 10:37 AM, Sonny Carter wrote:

> On Sat, Dec 20, 2008 at 8:37 AM, Lottermoser George  
> <imagist3@mac.com>wrote:
>
>>
>>
>> Ergonomic qualities:
>> buttons, levers, switches, focusing and aperture rings
>> The M8 and DMR put them where I expect them to be
>> (because I spent a lot of time M6's and R8's)
>>
>>
> In the time I was waiting to decide on an M8, I bought three levels of
> Pentax Kd.
>
> Each of them has difference in control placement and function.
>
> Two weeks ago, I went out with my MDa and my M8, and they both  
> functionally
> operated the same, except of course, when I forgot and tried to  
> chimp the
> MDa. ;-)
>
> -- 
> Regards,
>
> Sonny
> http://www.sonc.com
> http://sonc.stumbleupon.com/
> Natchitoches, Louisiana
> USA
>
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