[Leica] Partly OT Leica and Bessa cameras

[abridge at gmail.com (Adam Bridge)]

On Thu, Apr 23, 2009 at 8:14 AM, Vick Ko <vick.ko at sympatico.ca> wrote:

> Yeah, I'm here, but the white M8 doesn't do it for me.
>
> I'm still lusting an M8, completely irrational.   And I was hoping someone,
> by now, would privately offer a 66mm f2 ELCAN for a reasonable price.  No
> one has yet, but I do know that there is someone "here" with one.
>
> So far, I've been able to resist the urge to get the M8, and have bought a
> fridge shelf of 120 and 220 film, and a Rolleiflex 2.8F Whiteface 120/220
> with Xenotar, to restore.  I'm as happy as a clam, but still think about
> that M8.  It might be the perfect camera to record my restoration project.
> ....Vick
>

I absolutely love my M8, Vick. I've had it for, what, two years now? I'd
like to send it back to have the shutter upgrade and the frame-lines done
but I don't want to be without it. I cannot afford another one. The Canon is
just too big, the lenses are big, etc. I use it when I need long focal
lengths, for the most part. My son has one of the new 5Ds and I have to say
I love the low-light performance on the camera. This is a place Leica needs
to improve and if they made an M with the same sensitivity then I'd probably
find a way to buy one.

Adam