Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/06/29
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]try a M7 with techpan or spur :) ,simon On Mon, Jun 29, 2009 at 11:01 AM, Geoff Hopkinson <hopsternew op gmail.com>wrote: > Mark I'm just barracking for Truth, Justice and the M8ing way ;-) > It really is a done deal on that comparison on larger prints! > I agree its really nice to keep every camera but fiscal reality forces > tough > decisions. > 2009/6/29 Mark Rabiner <mark op rabinergroup.com> > > > I really wouldn't take it so personally Geoff. > > I saw you after writing the post you traded in a M7 for an M8; > > But you had other M's still left over laying around. > > So if you wanted to shoot the tree in your back yard with both film and > > digital blow them both up and put them side by side next to each other on > > the wall you'd have that option. > > > > I'm sorry but on the internet I cringe when I hear the same kinds of > things > > over and over again. Such as: > > "I traded my M7 for an m8, a much better camera". > > If you loose a piece of gear which has worked for you for years by > trading > > it in for an unknown: > > And you only then have the second camera so you can only make a much less > > valid comparison: > > It all becomes a bunch of internet babble. > > > > And I'm not by the way rooting for the M7 over the M8 or the other way > > around. I have no preference. Maybe I'd take the M8 over the M7 if they > > were > > offered to me. I still have by two M6's and a complete set of mainly > > current > > Leica glass to put on them plus a modest LTM setup. > > > > > > Mark William Rabiner > > > > > > > > > From: Geoff Hopkinson <hopsternew op gmail.com> > > > Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug op leica-users.org> > > > Date: Mon, 29 Jun 2009 15:39:39 +1000 > > > To: Leica Users Group <lug op leica-users.org> > > > Subject: Re: [Leica] Which M to sell to get which M8? > > > > > > The comparison has been done by numerous shooters, many more talented > > than > > > I. Why are you persisting with doubts there when you haven't done this > > for > > > yourself? > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Leica Users Group. > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > > > -- > Cheers > Geoff > Artisan excellence for the best lenses in the world. > Leica already has a CEO and a business plan. > Show me your photographs. > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/gh/ > http://www.pbase.com/hoppyman > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >