Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/11/11

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Subject: [Leica] M8 in Palo Alto
From: darkbulb at gmail.com (R S)
Date: Sat Nov 11 00:50:10 2006
References: <20061111075153.45385.qmail@web56308.mail.re3.yahoo.com>

Is there a separate Bay Area LUG list that one can subscribe to?

/Rich

On 11/10/06, pmcc <pmcc_2000@yahoo.com> wrote:
> This evening a group of BALUGs met for dinner before
> going to see a demo at Keeble & Shuchat of the current
> Leica digital cameras, including the M8. Keith and
> Mark Lee, John Gong, Ken Iisaka and yours truly were
> there. Ralph Hagenauer from Leica Germany gave a Power
> Point presentation, and various models were passed
> around and made available for handling. Being aware of
> the various cavils and misgivings about the M8 raised
> on the LUG and elsewhere on the net, we were all
> predisposed to be somewhat skeptical and underwhelmed.
> Well, I for one came away with red dots in my eyes,
> and I don't think I was alone.  The camera looks,
> feels and handles just like an M camera, and seems
> impressively well built.  It is also clear that Leica
> is aware of the IR sensitivity issues and others that
> have been raised, and we are given to understand that
> fixes will be proposed soon. My sense is that the M8
> makes for a relatively painless transition for the M
> shooter from film to digital -- cost aside, of course.
>  That's the last 2 cents you'll be getting from me for
> a while, as I now have a good reason to save my
> pennies.
>
> Peter.
> SF, CA
>
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