Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/06/21

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Subject: [Leica] If You Were Buying an M8 Today...
From: frank.dernie at btinternet.com (FRANK DERNIE)
Date: Sun, 21 Jun 2009 10:01:28 +0000 (GMT)

Electronics are -far- more reliable, but less easy for artisanal repair, 
than mechanical solutions, at least in my business.

--- On Sun, 21/6/09, Doug Herr <wildlightphoto at earthlink.net> wrote:

> From: Doug Herr <wildlightphoto at earthlink.net>
> Subject: Re: [Leica] If You Were Buying an M8 Today...
> To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org>
> Date: Sunday, 21 June, 2009, 9:29 AM
> Dennis wrote:
> 
> >Issues I have with the M8:
> >
> >1 Cost
> >2 It's electronic and I am concerned about reliability.
> Also concerned 
> >about how well it? holds up in the presence of
> high humidity and moisture.
> >3 Cost
> 
> I can't help with the cost issue but on the electronics
> question I have an R4s (for spare parts), now 25 years old,
> that came to me from a humid environment.? The reason
> it's a parts camera is entirely mechanical.? The
> electronic stuff is all working perfectly.? Whether the
> M8 will hold up as well is more related to specifics of its
> design than to the technology used, but 'electronics' by
> itself shouldn't be the question.
> 
> Doug Herr
> Birdman of Sacramento
> http://www.wildlightphoto.com
> 
> 
> 
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