Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/08/12
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]>snippet< > I'm sure that Leica will be showing/pushing the M8 at every > opportunity. This should be possible as they will be showing it at > Photokina the weekend before the LHSA meet, so we'll probably see it > first, there. > > I've signed up for the Leica Akademie, after the LHSA meet. They're > promising to let us play with a pre-production M8. In fact, the > entire seminar (according to the promotional text) is to be based on > the "M8d" or "D1" or whatever it will be called. The Akademie has > been limited to 20 people, and the implied promise is that we'll each > get one to play with for a day. On that score, I'm doubtful.... but > ever optimistic! ;-) > > If it's true, I'll be posting a comparison of the M8d to the R8/DMR > combo, in late October. So stay tuned! > > Cheers! > --- > > David Young, > Logan Lake, CANADA > > Limited Edition Prints at: http://www.telyt.com/ > Personal Web-site at: http://www3.telus.net/~telyt > > I hear they're giving one as a door prize to every 8th person who walks thought the door. Or gets off the plane. I'm going to position myself 8 people behind someone who looks lucky! Get on the 8 ball. Mark Rabiner L.S.M.F.T. The Village of Elmsford, Westchester County, NY 10523