Re: Some thoughts on the R8 ...

[ted grant <75501.3002@CompuServe.COM>]

Shawn London wrote:

<<<It would be more fair to compare the R8 with say... an F5 or EOS 
N1.>>>>>

Hi Shawn,

You're right. But having shot with the other camera gear on occaision (just for
the hell of it to make my Leicas worry that I might trade them in!) :)  

I'd take the R8 over either the Nikon or the Canon, even the R8 sans motor. :) I
wish they'd hurry up I'm getting blistered advance lever thumb! :)

I know I go on about the R8 almost adnauseum at times, but it truly is quite a
camera and the pick of the litter of all the cameras on the market. Now I'm bias
I know, but what the hell I've grown old enough I can be a wee bit bias. :)

The first time I put an R8 in my hands I knew right away I wanted three of these
machines. It was like instant bonding as the camera felt so comfortable and when
I put the camera to my eye the view finder did it's magic and I was hooked.:)

Yep the other machines had some of the same bits and pieces over the years but
this is a Leica and uses Leica glass, so that about answers why I couldn't use
anything else in a serious manner.

Just my humbled bias re-action. :)

ted