Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/07/23

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Subject: [Leica] A new M from Canon
From: sonc.hegr at gmail.com (Sonny Carter)
Date: Mon, 23 Jul 2012 18:12:36 -0500
References: <CC334FA1.218F1%mark@rabinergroup.com> <F7D9E2CA-8E13-4C33-B193-225DDF4F798F@gmail.com> <80F9701439F20347874CE5E4E03C22E989C5CAF0@WhizzMAIL01.whizz.org>

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.
> >>>>
> >>>>
>
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>



-- 
Regards,

Sonny
http://sonc.com/look/
Natchitoches, Louisiana

USA


In reply to: Message from mark at rabinergroup.com (Mark Rabiner) ([Leica] A new M from Canon)
Message from jsmith342 at gmail.com (Jeffery Smith) ([Leica] A new M from Canon)
Message from john at mcmaster.co.nz (John McMaster) ([Leica] A new M from Canon)