Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/05/23
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I got the M8.2 because my M8 needed repair 48 hours before I was leaving on a 3-week trip to Australia and I figured I could sell the M8 after it came back from repair. I didn't want to get on the airplane without a proper camera. I find that when I am using a camera, I think about the picture and not about the camera, and so I couldn't possibly answer the question comparing an M8.2 to an M8. I guess the shutter is probably quieter, and I guess the framelines are probably more accurate. The new viewscreen is the only obvious difference. Don't pooh-pooh the sapphire glass. It's better. Whether or not it's worth the extra money is a question I can't answer. I do miss the fastest shutter speed but I fear that its absence is an inseparable part of the new quieter shutter. When I sent my M8 off for repair, I had them upgrade the shutter, and it came back with a dial that has neither 1/8000 nor idiot "S" mode.