[Leica] BIG new Leica

[Tina Manley]

Many with the M8!!
http://tinamanley.photoshelter.com/#!/index/G00003S9ZJ3T46hs

It is still a wonderful camera and I still use both of mine.

Tina

On Sat, Oct 24, 2015 at 6:48 PM, Mark Rabiner <mark at rabinergroup.com> wrote:

>
> The last time anyone posted a shot taken with an M8 was when?
> There are about none in use.
>
>
> On 10/24/15 6:34 PM, "Doug Herr" <wildlightphoto at earthlink.net> wrote:
>
> > Mark, the point is you've never used it, many people are using it now
> with
> > great results, and you were called out for a negative opinion of a Leica
> you'd
> > never used vs. your claim that people give you a hard time for a positive
> > opinion of Leica equipment.
> >
> > Doug Herr
> > Birdman of Sacramento
> > http://www.wildlightphoto.com
> > http://doug-herr.fineartamerica.com
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> >> From: Mark Rabiner <mark at rabinergroup.com>
> >> Sent: Oct 24, 2015 3:08 PM
> >> To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org>
> >> Subject: Re: [Leica] BIG new Leica
> >>
> >> The M8 was one disaster after another almost weekly new issues and was
> >> looked upon by the entire photo community was awe and dismay as the bad
> news
> >> kept coming in  it like no camera anyone ever heard of.  It way out
> Edseled
> >> the Edsel.  Yet it did keep Leica in the lens selling business new
> lenses
> >> and paved the way for the almost commercially viable M9  (largely
> ignored by
> >> pros) and at least was not an embarrassment which paved the way for the
> >> completely commercially viable M out now.. But by then though all the
> >> serious Leica shooters had gone DSLR and were not in a hurry to invest
> in
> >> seven grand bodies with six grand glass which required more than one
> body as
> >> at least of them is going to be in a far off shop for not a short time.
> >>
> >> For Leica to have gotten its very first digital attempt right and
> seamlessly
> >> jumped right into the digital camera business would have been much more
> >> interesting and unlikely news. It was a huge leap for Leica to make and
> >> guess what it didn't make it all that wonderfully and instantly.
> >> And I dare to disparage the M8!  If somebody wants to read positive
> stuff on
> >> the M8 they're going to have to read it here became they're not going to
> >> find it anywhere else. Its a blooper the modern Leica company would
> love to
> >> forget. And please tell us about how you're using it for infra red.
> >> I think the die hards all but one or two have been stuck with the fact
> that
> >> their camera have locked up and died and its a lesson hopefully well
> >> learned. Be careful about buying first outs from companies who have
> close to
> >> zero experience in a new burgeoning technology but plenty of experience
> in
> >> the opposite.
> >> Had the camera been successful it would have been a minor modern
> miracle.
> >> With a little luck it would have had a few less issues. But that luck
> with
> >> not to be found that time round.
> >>
> >>
> >> On 10/24/15 5:46 PM, "Doug Herr" <wildlightphoto at earthlink.net> wrote:
> >>
> >>> Mark Rabiner wrote:
> >>>
> >>>>
> >>>> ...
> >>>> I remain the only person on any photo list who gets is opinions
> thrown back
> >>>> at him if he doesn't have a notarized receipt of the item at hand. It
> makes
> >>>> me feel very special. I've notice the most I get in trouble on this
> list is
> >>>> when I say something positive about a Leica product.
> >>>>
> >>>
> >>> It's also when you say something negative about something you've never
> used,
> >>> Leica or otherwise.  Do you recall the M8?
> >>>
> >>> Doug Herr
> >>> Birdman of Sacramento
> >>> http://www.wildlightphoto.com
> >>> http://doug-herr.fineartamerica.com
> >>>
> >>> _______________________________________________
> >>> Leica Users Group.
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> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> --
> >> Mark William Rabiner
> >> Photographer
> >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/lugalrabs/
> >>
> >>
> >>
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>
>
>
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> Mark William Rabiner
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>
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