[Leica] M8 and the Future

[rhaightjr at yahoo.com (Bob Haight)]

MF cameras do not have the awful dimentions of 35mm.
To make a standard 8x10 requires cropping whereas 6x7
MF requires almost none. 35mm was simply a result of
motion picture film and not a specific design. The
digital view is a vast improvement. BH

--- Robert Clark <rclark01@comcast.net> wrote:

> That is why I use the M6.  Because I enjoy using it
> more than my Nikon D70 
> or any other camera I've ever used and the quality
> of the pictures are 
> vastly superior to anything else I've ever used.  I
> guess that's what we all 
> want in the long run...a camera that we love to us
> and that gives us results 
> that satisfy us.  I'm not sure if I'll ever get an
> M8 but I do know that 
> I'll be using my M6 for a long, long time.
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Frank Dernie" <Frank.Dernie@btinternet.com>
> To: "Leica Users Group" <lug@leica-users.org>
> Sent: Saturday, October 28, 2006 5:41 AM
> Subject: Re: [Leica] M8 and the Future
> 
> 
> > Depends on your opinion of "vastly superior". IMO
> the differences  between 
> > lenses are reasonably subtle, and resolution is
> not, for me,  the most 
> > important one. I shall buy a M8 because I
> generally prefer  the look of my 
> > Leica lenses over the Canon ones and I much prefer
>  rangefinders to SLRs. 
> > That is enough for me.
> >  It is cheaper than my EOS 1Ds was and I know when
> I get one I will  use 
> > it more and enjoy doing so -much- more.
> > Frank
> >
> >
> > On 28 Oct, 2006, at 06:16, Bill Smith wrote:
> >
> >> I think that unless the M8 gives vastly superior
> images/ handling  ease 
> >> (doubtful) to the current offerings of Canon,
> Nikon, etc. it's  going to 
> >> be a huge flop due to the high price. Those
> dedicated  Leicaphiles (many 
> >> here) will be hard-pressed (for a multitude of 
> reasons) to give up their 
> >> film cameras until there's no more film  to be
> bought on the face of the 
> >> earth, so that leaves whom? A few  well-heeled
> folk around the world who 
> >> just love to have the best of  everything and
> want more prestige (Leica 
> >> marque) than a high-  priced P&S or DSLR can give
> them. A small market in 
> >> the latter  group. How small? Dunno, I run in
> those kinds of circles.
> >>
> >>   Just my opinion-- to be damned and/ or shredded
> to pieces.
> >>
> >> GREG LORENZO <gregj.lorenzo@shaw.ca> wrote:
> >>   Nathan Wajsman writes in part:
> >>
> >>> Sorry, but I don't understand the necessity for
> "full frame". The  35mm
> >>> is a coincidence stemming from the movie film
> Barnack had  available in
> >>> the early 20th century. There is nothing magic
> about it.
> >>
> >> Nathan,
> >>
> >> Do you own a MF film camera?
> >>
> >> If so, ask yourself why?
> >>
> >> This should answer your question.
> >>
> >> Regards,
> >>
> >> Greg
> >>
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