[Leica] M8: "I think it's gonna be all right"

[Frank.Dernie at btinternet.com (Frank Dernie)]

I'd better get one - my opinion is that the M5 is the best ever Leica  
- but ugly :-)
Frank

On 17 Nov, 2006, at 17:06, David Keenan wrote:

>> How Leica handles the resulting anger and
>> apprehension will probably determine the M8's success or failure.
>
> As a former owner of an M8, I maintain that the M8 is already a  
> failure.
>
> Some diehards will buy it, some will buy it because they want the  
> latest
> expensive camera jewelery around their neck, but serious M  
> photographers
> will ultimately shun it.
>
> All the claptrap that I read about the M8 being "a real M camera"  
> is just
> that, claptrap. It may walk like a duck but it doesn't quack like one.
>
> Shades of the M5...
>
> This not from some old fart, film traditionalist either. I longed  
> for a
> digital M but it's back to film and, when appropriate, my now much  
> more
> highly appreciated R-D1.
>
> This will be expounded apon in my upcoming "M8 Manifesto".
>
> Dave.
>
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