Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/07/31
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]No, I've seen RD-1s enough, Tom A put the first one in my hands last photokina. I do 'know my onions', I'm editor of the Leica Society magazine here in the UK. Whereas the RD-1s are black this was silver, and rather shiny silver at that, in fact it would surprise me if part of the baseplate was plastic, especially that door. Jem ----- Original Message ----- From: "Richard" <richard-lists@imagecraft.com> To: "Leica Users Group" <lug@leica-users.org> Sent: Monday, July 31, 2006 8:13 PM Subject: Re: [Leica] M8 sighted! > Could be an Epson R-D1? > > At 11:53 AM 7/31/2006, you wrote: > >>Hi folks, >>Its been a little while since I did this, maybe some of you might still >>remember me, maybe not... >> >>I was at a folk music festival here in England this last weekend >>(Cambridge, to be precise) and what did I spy but a Leica M8 in use. >>I saw a camera, while I was lunching, about 30 feet away hanging on a >>guy's shoulder. He was standing in a food queue. It looked familiar, in >>parts, in that the lens definitely looked Leica M-esque, with a hood. But >>I could see a shiny screen on the reverse. I tried to think what digital >>camera it could be, couldn't and then eventually curiosity got the better >>of me. >>I walked over and looked a little closer, I could see the front of the >>camera had the normal Leica text but where the M6 / M7 / M8 'logo' should >>have been it had evidently been removed. The baseplate had a battery(?) >>door on it or maybe for the media card. The screen was on the left hand of >>the back with some controls on the RHS of the rear. >>I didn't see that much more but I introduced myself to the guy and invited >>him to join me to tell me about his camera after he'd collected his lunch, >>he said he would. So I pointed out where I was sitting (not >>inconspicuously in a pink polo shirt) and waited for him to join me. >>The next thing I knew he was nowhere to be seen! >> >>I guess he'd be under strict orders to keep quiet about it anyway but it >>surprised me he'd taken it to a festival with around 10,000 people there! >>He was a youngish chap, maybe no older than early 30's, tallish (maybe 6 >>foot), slim build and dark haired. I didn't recognise him. >> >>So, they're out there, being tested, if only I'd acted more stealthily, >>and less directly I could have blagged some discreet pictures of it! >> >>Hey ho! see you at Photokina, >>Jem >> > > // richard (This email is for mailing lists. To reach me directly, please > use richard at imagecraft.com) > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information