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 totally enjoyed my M8, and never felt handicapped with it. Funny thing is that I used my 15 and 75 a lot with it, and hardly ever with the M9. On Mon, Jul 23, 2012 at 6:06 PM, John McMaster <john at mcmaster.co.nz> wrote: > 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. > >>>> > >>>> > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > -- Regards, Sonny http://sonc.com/look/ Natchitoches, Louisiana USA