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Subject: [Leica] M8 & 8.2 opinions
From: mak at teleport.com (Mark Kronquist)
Date: Mon, 21 Feb 2011 19:39:30 -0800
References: <C986CE89.AE80%mark@rabinergroup.com> <0C3DBD13-8CBA-431C-A9D5-C9448116ADCF@frozenlight.eu> <AANLkTi=6XzHQK_3kWDfbP9bGBMMTRuh4ssvzuEAAc77e@mail.gmail.com> <951E7F94-60D0-4C50-8F60-94F92D29FF8E@frozenlight.eu> <AANLkTi=ZYu3Xb0dV-fR2THBmcH7VUtjy7m4kUrtWnJXb@mail.gmail.com> <AANLkTi=nQ2Kca+RffDu48njnJjQZ8q+vWgsgVspbzMzK@mail.gmail.com>

I have an M4-P that caught a tank shell fragment in 1993 in Moscow
On Feb 21, 2011, at 7:36 PM, Marty Deveney wrote:

> Camera karma is real.  A friend of mine had to use his Nikon F4 as a
> weapon when caught in a tight spot in El Salvador, and some of the
> blows put the camera onto continuous mode and pressed the shutter
> enough to fire the rest of the roll.  One of the shots won him a
> fairly prestigous prize.  That camera loves him.
> 
> Marty
> 
> 
> On Mon, Feb 21, 2011 at 11:06 PM, Tina Manley <images at comporium.net> 
> wrote:
>> Camera karma?  ;-)
>> 
>> Tina
>> 
>> On Mon, Feb 21, 2011 at 1:20 AM, Nathan Wajsman <photo at 
>> frozenlight.eu>wrote:
>> 
>>> You have special powers over cameras, Tina :-)
>>> 
>>> Nathan Wajsman
>>> Alicante, Spain
>>> http://www.frozenlight.eu
>>> http://www.greatpix.eu
>>> http://www.nathanfoto.com
>>> PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws
>>> Blog: http://www.fotocycle.dk/blog
>>> 
>>> YNWA
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> On Feb 21, 2011, at 12:46 AM, Tina Manley wrote:
>>> 
>>>> Not mine.
>>>> 
>>>> Tina
>>>> 
>>>> On Sun, Feb 20, 2011 at 2:10 PM, Nathan Wajsman <photo at frozenlight.eu
>>>> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>>> Bullshit. The Canon DSLR I used between 2005 and 2008 was totally
>>> rainproof
>>>>> if the lens was too. And I am not talking about a light drizzle. I am
>>>>> talking about a Dutch downpour. An M8 would be dead within 10 minutes.
>>>>> 
>>>>> Nathan
>>>>> 
>>>>> Nathan Wajsman
>>>>> Alicante, Spain
>>>>> http://www.frozenlight.eu
>>>>> http://www.greatpix.eu
>>>>> http://www.nathanfoto.com
>>>>> PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws
>>>>> Blog: http://www.fotocycle.dk/blog
>>>>> 
>>>>> YNWA
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> On Feb 20, 2011, at 7:58 PM, Mark Rabiner wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>>> Very few cameras in the history of photography have anything 
>>>>>> resembling
>>>>>> water sealing.
>>>>> 
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>>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> --
>>>> Tina Manley, ASMP
>>>> www.tinamanley.com
>>>> 
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>>> 
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>> 
>> 
>> --
>> Tina Manley, ASMP
>> www.tinamanley.com
>> 
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In reply to: Message from mark at rabinergroup.com (Mark Rabiner) ([Leica] M8 & 8.2 opinions)
Message from photo at frozenlight.eu (Nathan Wajsman) ([Leica] M8 & 8.2 opinions)
Message from images at comporium.net (Tina Manley) ([Leica] M8 & 8.2 opinions)
Message from photo at frozenlight.eu (Nathan Wajsman) ([Leica] M8 & 8.2 opinions)
Message from images at comporium.net (Tina Manley) ([Leica] M8 & 8.2 opinions)
Message from benedenia at gmail.com (Marty Deveney) ([Leica] M8 & 8.2 opinions)