Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/10/19
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Since I have the M9 the fun is back. I can see now that I was never really comfortable with the M8, not like I was with the M6 and MP. Something was not right for me. The frames, the way my lenses were behaving and the noise. At the end, when I was using it, it was only with the 28 and the 50, the only frames that were working for me. Now, the 35 and the 75 are back in my bag. I feel home again and I'm really enjoying it. I only hope that it will show in my pictures soon. ;-) I will keep the M8 as a backup. The backup I was missing with the M8 because I was obviously not going to invest in a second M8 or M8.2. That lack of backup prevented me to take the M8 for those 'once in a lifetime travels' or so called 'important' assignments. Although I never had a single problem with it. Lucien Mark Rabiner wrote : >> Do I sense a ground swell of feeling that the M*s should be cherished >> because they make old lenses perform better by eliminating the poorer >> rendition in the corners? Seems like the inverse of the opinion that >> film M Leicas were to be desired over the M8 because Leica lenses >> were >> designed for the corners rather than the central area. I'm >> confused. I >> have a lot of old Leica lenses. Do I buy a used M8 or save my pennies >> for an M9? >> Larry Z >> >> >> > Nobody cares about the corners. Get an M9. You're going to see M8's > selling > for very little money after a year or less. There is a reason. They > are not > made any more. There is a reason. > > Mark William Rabiner > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information