Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/12/16

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Subject: [Leica] M8 pop photo review
From: walt at waltjohnson.com (Walt Johnson)
Date: Sat Dec 16 09:58:46 2006
References: <20061216171634.GA6062@panix.com>

Rei

The photo magazines make a lot of money from their industry advertisers. 
Do you really think they would chance that just to be honest?

Rei Shinozuka wrote:

>(link is below)
>
>reasonable capsule review, though ocasionally misses the point
>such as "the camera stores the selected (or automatically 
>chosen) shutter speed in that EXIF data, but strangely, 
>aperture information is not recorded even when using 
>the latest lenses"  -- gee whiz, there is no coupling that
>transmits the aperture ring setting...
>
>the review also discusses the drama of the IR  magenta cast,
>the UV filter "fix" and so on.
>
>most interstingly they give the camera high marks for
>"stellar low-light performance" where tina's side-by-side
>tests were not so complimentary.
>
>-rei
>
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>Camera Test: Leica M8
>Popular Photography Magazine - USA
>By Michael J. McNamara. Leica camera owners are a special breed that 
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