Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/06/22

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Subject: [Leica] welcome back Jörg!
From: Dennis Painter <dennis@hale-pohaku.com>
Date: Fri, 22 Jun 2001 21:05:02 -0700
References: <NDBBJAJIILKNNKKBBHHHEEDBCPAA.jorg@mindspring.com>

Jorg Willems wrote:

> I'm glad to be back to the LUG after being away for over a year.  I've
> really enjoyed lurking for a week.
> For what it's worth but my wife (mainly wedding photography) switched from
> R7s to R8s and NEVER regret it (I stick to my M6s with Abrahmson winders).
> She is tiny and has small hands and I thought she wouldn't like it.  We
> rented several different cameras (C****s & N***s) to investigate if she
> should switch to automatic focussing but she liked the R8s most.  They've
> never let us down so far (25 to 40 weddings per year, that all we can handle
> in our old age ;) and she never missed throwing the bouquet either.  She
> kept her R6 just in case ...
>
> It's great to be back!
>
> Jörg Willems

Good to see you back

In reply to: Message from "Jorg Willems" <jorg@mindspring.com> (RE: [Leica] in defense of the R8.)