Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/08/20
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Hey Walt, Add me to the list of soon to be owners assuming enough overtime for the German gnomes to make enough to go around. Fondling, err no, just glad to have a 600 exposure roll of film in the camera and film advance to cock. The only concerns would be a large enough buffer that I could shoot three to five RAW frames quickly before recomposing. Rain, who cares about rain with a Passport warranty. Don don.dory@gmail.com On 8/19/06, Walt Johnson <walt@waltjohnson.com> wrote: > > Many nice features. Of course most of them have been available on Nikons > and Canons for decades. Lets see, for $4500 one could buy at least 8 > FMAs. :-P > > Didier Ludwig wrote: > > > Found in the rangefinder forum, posted by the host himself: > > > > > >> A friend of mine in NY who has been in business since the begining of > >> time selling Leica and Zeiss just gave me a report on the M8. > >> He tells me it is an engineering wonder. Typical German quality > >> throughout. > >> A little heaver than the M7 but looks very much like it. > >> He said it had mechanical frame lines from 24 - 90 > >> Very quiet almost silent shutter. > >> Viewfinder magnification of .68 > >> Shutter speed from 8 seconds to 1/4000 > >> Flash sync of 1/250 > >> He say we will probably sell them for $4500.00 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Leica Users Group. > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >