Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2011/02/18
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On Fri, Feb 18, 2011 at 8:13 PM, Richard Endress <rendress at mac.com> wrote: > Hi all, I normally lurk on this list but now that I have the hots for a M8 > and can almost afford one. What is this list's opinion of them? Any > serious problems other than the IR sensitivity? Anyone have any problems > with them in bad weather conditions? r > I've had mine for four years and there is no problem with ir. You use filters when you shoot color. Just like you used yellow filter when you shot black and white film in hazy conditions. It is a camera with electricity in it, but I have never taken mine into a driving rain. In moderate conditions, much like I would use my M6, it works fine. That is my experience. Some other people have had some problems. Some other people had problems loading their film M6 cameras too. Look at my old website http://www.sonc.com and my new one http://www.sonc.com/look and you'll see lots of pictures. Most of the last four years were with the M8 but some in the past year were with an Olympus. Maybe you can tell them apart by the IR problems. ;-). I take mine places without a backup camera. You'll love it -- Regards, Sonny http://sonc.com/look/ Natchitoches, Louisiana USA