Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/07/31
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]The Digital M will be demonstrated at a shop in Perpignan during Visa pour l'Image... Tarek Le 31 juil. 06 ? 20:53, Jem Kime a ?crit : > 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