Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/05/23

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Subject: [Leica] a quick hello, now M 8.2
From: kididdoc at cox.net (Steve Barbour)
Date: Sat, 23 May 2009 09:03:58 -0700
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On May 23, 2009, at 6:09 AM, Brian Reid wrote:

> 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.
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> 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.

thanks Brian...


Steve
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In reply to: Message from benedenia at gmail.com (Marty Deveney) ([Leica] a quick hello, now M 8.2)
Message from hopsternew at gmail.com (Geoff Hopkinson) ([Leica] a quick hello, now M 8.2)
Message from reid at mejac.palo-alto.ca.us (Brian Reid) ([Leica] a quick hello, now M 8.2)