[Leica] M8 sighted!

[jem.kime at ntlworld.com (Jem Kime)]

Christopher,
You can do that if you wish but I really can't imagine it will worry Canon 
one iota.
Its too expensive, not full frame, yesterday's technology, takes old 
fashioned (1928) lenses if you want it to.
Nah, its not worth the trouble, they won't be bothered at all.
Jem
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Christopher Williams" <leicachris@worldnet.att.net>
To: "Leica Users Group" <lug@leica-users.org>
Sent: Monday, July 31, 2006 9:02 PM
Subject: Re: [Leica] M8 sighted!


> Should I call the Canon reps from PMA 2006 that told me they had seen the 
> M8
> and it was a joke of a camera??
>
> Chris
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Jem Kime"
> Subject: [Leica] M8 sighted!
>
>
> 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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