[Leica] some M8 info first hand

[abridge at gmail.com (Adam Bridge)]

Thank you for this information, Mehrdad! I don't "hear" the R8 shutter
as being loud - but you compared it to the M6 (etc) and think it's
louder?

Thanks for these impressions.

adam

On 9/13/06, mehrdad <msadat@gmail.com> wrote:
> 1) First of it is a very light, lighter than m7. it is made out of
> magnesium with brass tops and bottom.
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> 2) it takes sd card and battery through the bottom plate
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> 3) view finder coverage from 24-90
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> 4) it is loud, no more cloth shutters, mettal shutter
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> 5) covers high ISO but i don't know the quality at high ISO
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> 6) continuous shooting!!
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> 7) menu option to read in the new lens codes only, no manual way of
> telling about none digital converted lenses
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> 8) DNG file format
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> 9) feels real good in hands and feels like M
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> 10) the menu system looks like DMR, same style
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> 11) it comes in two colors blk and silver, i assume, we will see blk
> paint at some point also
>
> 12) a small view finder on the top shows the number of images left on the 
> card
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> 13) quality of the pics, i don't know
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>   regards, mehrdad
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