Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/06/11

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Subject: [Leica] M8 and the WAR
From: s.dimitrov at charter.net (slobodan dimitrov)
Date: Wed Jun 11 13:50:44 2008
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After I sent my last email, I left for the museum of natural history,  
here in Los Angeles. My youngest is out of school, and that's where  
she wanted to go.
As I was looking at the dioramas, I kept thinking that they should  
have a scene with a mechanical camera user, preferably a Leica, but a  
Rollei would do in pinch.
s.d.


On Jun 11, 2008, at 10:33 AM, Lottermoser George wrote:

> Could be.
> Then again one more generation of R digital might obsolete the Canon.
>
> If I were doing the kind of work that MICHAEL KAMBER is doing - I'd  
> probably feel much as he does about the M8. When I was doing pj  
> work on a daily basis - a life time ago - I'd probably not put up  
> with M8 idiosyncrasies. But  now - each time I pick it up - still  
> in love with the little thing.
> Same with the R8/DMR - except "big thing."
> The love has a lot to do with mounting Leica glass, loving manual  
> focus with precision optics, and the feel of the system.
>
> The 5D and 20D and their auto lenses without iris rings and useable  
> manual focus feel dull by comparison.
>
> If Leica does not continue to improve their M and R digital - I  
> might move back to Nikon - even though my last Nikon experiences  
> were less than enthusiastic - they were quite a number of  
> generations ago - and not digital.
>
> Fond regards,
> George
> george@imagist.com
> www.imagist.com
> http://www.imagist.com/blog
> Picture A Week - www.imagist.com/paw_07
>
>
>
> On Jun 11, 2008, at 12:04 PM, slobodan dimitrov wrote:
>
>> Point taken!
>> One more generation of Canon digital development might obsolete  
>> the R8 decisively.
>
>
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