[Leica] Possible M8 purchase - HELP!

[RicCarter]

i would be wary of shutters reaching 1/8000

I have had two out of two fail.

ric



> On Jul 10, 2015, at 7:15 AM, Gerry Walden <gerry.walden at icloud.com> wrote:
> 
> 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
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>> 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
>> 
>> 
>>> 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
>>> 
>>>> 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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>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> Gerry Walden
>>>>> 023 8046 3076
>>>>> 
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