Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/10/28

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Subject: [Leica] M8 and the Future
From: ricc at mindspring.com (Ric Carter)
Date: Sat Oct 28 19:18:41 2006
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I think, maybe, that smallest is not necessarily what we want. I have  
smaller cameras, but the Ms seem to hit a sweet spot, like Goldilocks  
finding the one that's "just right."

You can get too small to feel right.

All that said, my IIIf still feels pretty sweet in the hand.

Ric Carter
http://gallery.leica-users.org/f/Passing-Fancies


On Oct 28, 2006, at 9:58 PM, GREG LORENZO wrote:

> I'm still going to want to use the smallest camera thats going to  
> produce the best image quality for its size. It may or may not be  
> an M8 but it will most likely be a Leica.


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