[Leica] Possible M8 purchase - HELP!

[Gerry Walden]

Thank you Jean-Michel, that is very interesting. The price is around €970 (£700) so the price is pretty good. They have another at £1049 but that is just a bit to expensive.

Gerry

Gerry Walden
023 8046 3076

> On 10 Jul 2015, at 12:11, Jean-Michel Mertz <j2m46 at hotmail.fr> wrote:
> 
> Hello Gerry, I've used an M8 for about 5 years: this is an excellent camera! I've done more than 25 000 actuations now without any problems. And the results are very good! If the price is OK - I'd say about € 1500 for the body ... then I'd go ahead!
> JM 
> 
> 
> Jean-Michel Mertz
> Strasbourg
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> 
>> From: gerry.walden at icloud.com
>> Date: Fri, 10 Jul 2015 11:34:16 +0100
>> To: lug at leica-users.org
>> Subject: Re: [Leica] Possible M8 purchase - HELP!
>> 
>> Ricahrd
>> 
>> thanks for commenting. I guess that any camera may suffer an electronic failure these days.
>> 
>> Gerry
>> 
>> Gerry Walden
>> 023 8046 3076
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>>> On 10 Jul 2015, at 10:19, Richard Man <richard at richardmanphoto.com> wrote:
>>> 
>>> There is always a chance that old electronics may fail, but other than
>>> that, if the price is right, why not?
>>> 
>>> I am shooting mostly 4x5 and medium format nowadays. These electronic stuff
>>> confuses me. (*)
>>> 
>>> (*) a joke, as I am hard at work for our product that is, basically, teach
>>> students/hobbyists on programming these electronic stuff.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> On Fri, Jul 10, 2015 at 2:12 AM, Gerry Walden <gerry.walden at icloud.com>
>>> wrote:
>>> 
>>>> I have the inexplicable urge to get my hands back on Leica, and I am
>>>> looking at an M8 plus a Zeiss Biogon 28mm f2 lens from a dealer in
>>>> Brighton. They are going to email me more details but I do know there have
>>>> been 17977 actuations, and it is described as Exc+. The price of both looks
>>>> pretty sensible.
>>>> 
>>>> There is sort of no logic in this, it is just I want to have a Leica. I
>>>> would stress that I am very happy with my Fuji gear. Does anyone have any
>>>> helpful comments to make, or an advice of pitfalls I should be aware of
>>>> (apart from becoming an addict again!)
>>>> 
>>>> Thanks
>>>> 
>>>> Gerry
>>>> 
>>>> Gerry Walden LRPS
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>>>> Fujifilm X-World Photographer
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>>>> 
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>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> Gerry Walden
>>>> 023 8046 3076
>>>> 
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