Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/07/31
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]And 'Visa pour l'Image' will be when? Jem ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tarek Charara" <tarek.charara@pix-that-stimulate.com> To: "Leica Users Group" <lug@leica-users.org> Sent: Monday, July 31, 2006 7:59 PM Subject: Re: [Leica] M8 sighted! 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 _______________________________________________ Leica Users Group. See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information