Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/01/20

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Subject: [Leica] New R8! Yay!
From: AppleMac97@aol.com
Date: Sun, 21 Jan 2001 02:15:16 EST

Hi folks!

I got a new Leica R8 camera a few days ago to replace my ageing but still 
strong SL.  Wow!  The R8 is big and bulky and heavy.  But what a wonderful 
camera!  I have already tested it with a roll of slide film (Kodak E100VS), 
and the transparencies were all perfectly exposed in all 3 metering modes.  
The TTL flash exposures were also perfect.  Fill flash in daylight at 1/250 
second is great!  That was often hard to do with my M6 TTL.  The M6 will 
remain of course and I will use it in low light conditions or when I do not 
want to carry the heavy R8 plus lenses.  

Sincerely,

Muhammad R.K. Chishty, Ph.D
Associate Professor of Finance
Graham School of Management
Saint Xavier University
3700 West 103rd St
Chicago, IL 60655, USA