[Leica] Rockport Leica Seminar - M8 Impressions

[tedgrant at shaw.ca (Ted Grant)]

Steve Unsworth offered:
Subject: Re: [Leica] Rockport Leica Seminar - M8 Impressions


> Tina, if it's any consolation it works the other way too. I've been  using 
> a Canon 5D almost exclusively for the last 12 months or so and  recently 
> put a roll of film through my R8. The only problem was that  I kept 
> forgetting to wind on the film :-)
>
> I'm looking forward to getting my hands on an M8, possibly like  yourself 
> I currently use digital SLRs for their convenience, what I  want is a high 
> quality rangefinder to use again.<<<<

Hi Steve,
Well me old son when you get an M8 in hand you'll have your high quality 
rangefinder camera!

Anyone accustomed to an M camera will automatically feel like they're back 
to a real camera, or certainly like an M solid feel in hand. All the years 
of using M cameras comes flooding back, quite amazing as Tina and myself 
talked about this intuitive sensation after using the camera.

If there's any difficulty. ;-) It's moving your right thumb to advance film 
each time you shoot! ;-) and finding nothing there! You get over it quite 
shortly, but who cares with a machine like this to work with.:-)

ted