Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/09/13
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I think you hit it on the head Adam. The M does help (quite a bit) the photographer get closer to the subject in a way that doesn't upset the existential moment. Mainly I believe this to be an ergonomic issue which allows nearly seamless interaction between subject, photographer, and equipment. I'm hard pressed to think of another camera which lends its self so well in this regard. Chris S At 10:06 PM 9/12/2006, you wrote: >I can't WAIT for the M8. The little P&S cameras have their uses...but >the way the M6 feels in my hand hasn't been replaced and I'm hungry >for the digital ranger-finder where I don't feel separated from my >subjects like I do with an SLR. Funny how that works. > >I'm hoping you LUGers give the first models a good going over so when >I can spend the mucho $$$$ for one the first generation firmware and >hardware will be all tacked down! > >It IS exciting for me. I just want to hold one. > >Adam > >On 9/12/06, John Collier <jbcollier@shaw.ca> wrote: >>If you think an M and a P&S handle the same then by all means get the >>P&S. I think differently myself. >> >>The M is a tool and like any tool it suits some but not others. I do >>not like SLRs. I like Ms. It does not follow that Ms are better >>cameras than SLRs; just better for me. >> >>I am not in the market for a digital camera right now but if I was, >>the only one I would consider for serious use would be the M8. >> >>John Collier >> >>On 12-Sep-06, at 5:31 PM, Eric Korenman wrote: >> >> > I'd love to have an M8 too, but 10MP P&S digitals (from Panasonic >> > with Leica >> > glass!) are available at the $600 price point. >> >>_______________________________________________ >>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 Chris Saganich, Sr. Physicist Weill Medical College of Cornell University New York Presbyterian Hospital chs2018@med.cornell.edu Ph. 212.746.6964 Fax. 212.746.4800 Office A-0049