Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2011/12/19

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Subject: [Leica] Looking at buying an M8
From: jhnichols at lighttube.net (Jim Nichols)
Date: Mon, 19 Dec 2011 18:21:25 -0600
References: <CB15346F.17E92%mark@rabinergroup.com> <750D1766-5065-4CF5-BC98-EC6FA472052C@mac.com>

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Jim Nichols
Tullahoma, TN USA
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "George Lottermoser" <imagist3 at mac.com>
To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org>
Sent: Monday, December 19, 2011 6:03 PM
Subject: Re: [Leica] Looking at buying an M8


> 
> On Dec 19, 2011, at 5:35 PM, Mark Rabiner wrote:
> 
>> Are we really worrying about
>> the aesthetics of a camera?
> 
> Yes.
> 
> The feel of the tool in the hands,
> the position and size of the controls,
> the brightness of the viewfinder,
> the smoothness of focus and other operations,
> all determine the desirability of a camera
> to me.
> 
> The same holds true for
> chisels, saws, mallets, hammers and other tools.
> 
>> To that I say where's the prints? Or at least where's the Jpegs?
> 
> On my, client's and customer's walls.
> In my portfolio and various publications.
> On client's web sites, my web sites, and stock sites.
> 
> george at imagist.com
> http://www.imagist.com
> http://www.imagist.com/blog
> http://www.linkedin.com/in/imagist
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
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In reply to: Message from mark at rabinergroup.com (Mark Rabiner) ([Leica] Looking at buying an M8)
Message from imagist3 at mac.com (George Lottermoser) ([Leica] Looking at buying an M8)