Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/12/10
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Nathan Wajsman jotted down the following: > The R8 is very much an acquired taste. Many people who just handle it in a > store do not fully appreciate what a wonderful camera it is in actual > shooting. If you have an opportunity to shoot a roll of film with it, I urge > you to do so. > I still think the R8 is the most ergonomic camera Leica has ever produced (with the possible exception of the M4/classic M6). And I still think that the one camera Leica should produce that they haven't is an R9 -- a fully mechanical camera with the innards of the R6.2, light and flash metering of the R8, in the R8 body shell. I'd sell a kidney to buy one. (Not telling whose though ;) M. - -- Martin Howard | Visiting Scholar, CSEL, OSU | Shit happens. email: howard.390@osu.edu | www: http://mvhoward.i.am/ +---------------------------------------