Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/07/23
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I see perfectly acceptable images from M8 users (LLuis, Ted, Ric and many others) so I think that is a little outspoken ;-) I personally cannot imagine having $10Ks of M lenses sat on a shelf unused...... Still does not change the fact that there are only three cameras (inc variants) that work well with M glass. john ________________________________________ Hey, I just coughed up $350 (estimated) to get mine working! Regards, Jeffery _________________ On Jul 23, 2012, at 5:59 PM, Mark Rabiner wrote: > If there was somebody I really hated who I though was a real idiot who > sociopathicly harmed people I would advise them to go out and and spend > money on a Leica M8. Not a friend. Not an acquaintance. Not somebody I'd > like to not cross the street way before they came up to me. > > Mark William Rabiner >> >> There are some one-owner M8s appearing on Fridays here and M9s for <$4K >> but >> sadly nothing other than those and the Ricoh A12 cope with wide angle >> Leica >> lenses very well. >> >> john >> ________________________________________ >> >> >> Spending two grand on a six year old cropped sensor is blatantly foolish >> even if it wasn't almost guaranteed trouble. >> I tried to buy it when it first came out I had the money I'd just sold my >> house. But they delayed it. Then they re did it . Then they fixed more >> stuff. They were handing out expensive filters for your glass then they >> stopped doing it. >> To anybody getting good results with your old M8 I say more power to you. >> But there's not 6 year old digital camera out there which is worth a >> quarter >> of that kind of money even a full frame one. I'm afraid Leicas first out >> digital M is no exception. The M9 however should retain much more of its >> value. Its a camera to take much more seriously. Unfortunately priced as >> such. >> >> Mark William Rabiner >> Photography >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/lugalrabs/ >> >>> >>> Wouldn't a sub-$2K M8 make more sense for the Leica glass? Larger sensor >>> than >>> X2 or Canon M..... >>> >>> john >>> ________________________________________ >>> >>> >>> When that full frame mirrorless comes out with a Leica M adaptor I'll >>> really >>> be looking at it as of course I'd like to get my Leica glass going again >>> and >>> I need a price point way lower than Leica is about to give me. >>> >>> But I'm looking long and hard at the Leica X2. >>> The camera is simply gorgeous. >>> >>> >>> Mark William Rabiner >>> >>>> >>>> Aren't you the one that wanted an M10 with an optical VF? >>>> >>>> Frank Filippone >>>> Red735i at earthlink.net >>>> >>>> Its a mirrorless fairly tiny body with interchangeable lenes but a >>>> reasonably sized APS-C sensor. For such a tiny body I think its a very >>>> reasonable sensor to body ratio. At a very reasonable price point as in >>>> cheap. I like it. Looks like it would fit in most pockets and take very >>>> competitive pix against DSLR cameras three times its size. I call that >>>> Leica-Like. >>>> >>>>