Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/07/31
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]end of august Tarek Le 31 juil. 06 ? 21:12, Jem Kime a ?crit : > And 'Visa pour l'Image' will be when? > Jem > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tarek Charara" > <tarek.charara@pix-that-stimulate.com> > To: "Leica Users Group" <lug@leica-users.org> > Sent: Monday, July 31, 2006 7:59 PM > Subject: Re: [Leica] M8 sighted! > > > The Digital M will be demonstrated at a shop in Perpignan during Visa > pour l'Image... > > Tarek > > Le 31 juil. 06 ? 20:53, Jem Kime a ?crit : > >> 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 > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information