Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/07/31

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Subject: [Leica] M8 sighted!
From: jem.kime at ntlworld.com (Jem Kime)
Date: Mon Jul 31 11:53:18 2006

Hi folks,
Its been a little while since I did this, maybe some of you might still 
remember me, maybe not...

I was at a folk music festival here in England this last weekend (Cambridge, 
to be precise) and what did I spy but a Leica M8 in use.
I saw a camera, while I was lunching, about 30 feet away hanging on a guy's 
shoulder. He was standing in a food queue. It looked familiar, in parts, in 
that the lens definitely looked Leica M-esque, with a hood. But I could see 
a shiny screen on the reverse. I tried to think what digital camera it could 
be, couldn't and then eventually curiosity got the better of me.
I walked over and looked a little closer, I could see the front of the 
camera had the normal Leica text but where the M6 / M7 / M8 'logo' should 
have been it had evidently been removed. The baseplate had a battery(?) door 
on it or maybe for the media card. The screen was on the left hand of the 
back with some controls on the RHS of the rear. 
I didn't see that much more but I introduced myself to the guy and invited 
him to join me to tell me about his camera after he'd collected his lunch, 
he said he would. So I pointed out where I was sitting (not inconspicuously 
in a pink polo shirt) and waited for him to join me.
The next thing I knew he was nowhere to be seen!

I guess he'd be under strict orders to keep quiet about it anyway but it 
surprised me he'd taken it to a festival with around 10,000 people there!
He was a youngish chap, maybe no older than early 30's, tallish (maybe 6 
foot), slim build and dark haired. I didn't recognise him.

So, they're out there, being tested, if only I'd acted more stealthily, and 
less directly I could have blagged some discreet pictures of it!

Hey ho! see you at Photokina,
Jem

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