Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/03/02
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]The M8 looks just as good but the difference is the numerical digit. I think the only camera I'd get starstruck by is my SFC's Nikon F2 which was the only camera to survive being thrown out the back of a C-130 in late 2001 during a combat camera recon mission in a country we are now engaged in war with. The group's gear was packed in pelican cases and the aircrew simply pushed them out the rear bay while flying about 200kts. The camera was a personal backup and the crew had a few D1 digitals, a few F5's, F4's and that F2. SFC said that was the only time he had ever seen a broken F4 in over a decade of using them. The F2 was recovered after it augured into the soil almost a foot, dusted off, checked for cracks, wound and clicked just fine. An M9 is just whatever. Nice camera but where do you fit the plus X? I'm even amazed by my M4 after what its been through. Phil Forrest On Wed, 03 Mar 2010 01:41:22 -0500 Mark Rabiner <mark at rabinergroup.com> wrote: > A guy with gray curly hair and a black M9. > Holding his hand on top of it. A LUG person? > > It's the first m9 I've ever seen. > If I was not crossing the guy in the middle of the street I'd tried to > strike up a conversation. And said something gentlemanly like "give > me that camera or I'll bash your head in". Then run. > But crime is illegal now in NYC. > So I would have to pick form other occupational opportunities. > > I know I'm normally a very honest calm person but seven thousand > dollars and a Red Dot and I really have no idea. > And I didn't know they came in black and looked so good. > > > [Rabs] > Mark William Rabiner > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information