[Leica] I did not buy an M8, but I want one.

[pklein at 2alpha.net (Peter Klein)]

Dave:  We know you don't like the M8.  No need to join the Department of 
Redundancy Department, keep repeating yourself, and say the same thing 
multiple times.  :-)

Seriously, you are right that people are more critical of Leica than of 
other companies, simply because Leica is Leica.  However, a Leica is not a 
short-term purchase or an impulse buy.  If Leica fixes things within a 
reasonable time, eventually people will remember what a great camera it is, 
and the wonky launch will be a distant memory.

The question of how long it will take to fix everything, or if it will 
happen is another question.  I am in the "so what?" camp about the need for 
IR filters, if that's the price of high resolution, so be it.  The other 
stuff is more worrisome, especially the new vertical stripe issue.  We'll 
see.

Go to flickr.com, search for groups with "leica M8" in the name.  One group 
has most of the photos.  Look through them.  You'll see that the M8 is 
capable of taking some very fine images.  The B&W in particular is amazing.

I am holding off on buying one until things settle down and we really the 
camera's performance well.  Then I'll decide.  I might be like Sonny and 
get something else in the meantime.  The Pentax K100D and K10D are looking 
very tempting.

--Peter

At 09:43 AM 12/17/2006 -0800, "David Keenan" <ausdlk@gmail.com> wrote:
>Well, have you been reading about all of the NEW problems with the new
>"fixed" M8's that are just now reaching people's hands?
>
>I think now that Leica is doomed with the M8. People are so hyper-critical
>(as a bitterly disappointed former owner, I am too) that the camera is being
>examined with such fine-toothed comb(s) that I question whether Leica will
>ever "get it right" in the eyes of enough consumers to make it a success.