Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/11/17
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I finally had the chance to handle an M5 and frankly I don't understand all the animosity the camera has garnered. I'd love to own one of those puppies. I don't know what part of "un-Leica" it upset but it seemed to fit my hand well and was every bit as usable as the M6's. It's appearance and banishment happened long before I entered the Leica scene. If I had known I'd have bought one of them first! As for ugly - well - I think Frank Dernie has it right. But the darn thing WORKS. Myself - I think the M8 will be great. What mystifies me is the dramatic anger toward this camera. It's a V1.0 product with enough lines of code to fill a phone book - a Manhatten phone book - and it's gonna have issues. I figure about V1.2 the problems will be ironed out. I'm GLAD it has good IR sensitivity and like using a visible band-pass filter even though it will add the complexities of another layer of glass. Adam On 11/17/06, Frank Dernie <Frank.Dernie@btinternet.com> wrote: > 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. > > > > -- > > My Photography: http://www.david-keenan.com > > My Blog: http://www.david-keenan.com/euroblog > > > > _______________________________________________ > > 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 >