Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/11/15

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Subject: [Leica] M8 Impressions, Pro and Con, correction
From: firkin at ncable.net.au (Alastair Firkin)
Date: Wed Nov 15 15:15:15 2006
References: <7.0.1.0.2.20061115152125.0256f670@infoave.net> <26169B14-55FF-4874-BE58-C867CAD89E9B@ncable.net.au> <5E5D4CCC-A40B-40F6-B545-B3F5BA05C5FF@comcast.net>

I will not have that problem for a while, anything beyond arms length  
is perfect, so I'll be hanging them around the neck just above the M6  
whipping them on to set up etc and then happily shooting "raw" again ;-)

On 16/11/2006, at 10:04, Leonard Taupier wrote:

> Alastair,
>
> I shot with a M2 and M3 at times. If you do you better put  
> something over the viewfinder to protect your glasses. It's metal  
> not rubber and can be pretty sharp. I think Stephen still sells a  
> little sticky donut for that purpose. What I do is punch a hole in  
> a band-aid and then with scissors cut around the hole to fit the  
> eyepiece. I'm still walking around with a scratch over the right  
> lens the first and only time I didn't use protection. Just a word  
> of advice.
>
> Len
>
>
> On Nov 15, 2006, at 6:08 PM, Alastair Firkin wrote:
>
>> I have my first pair of glasses coming this afternoon: I can put  
>> up with not being able to read X-rays at work, but when I could  
>> not read the f- stop on my M6 something had to give ;-) Better  
>> than the alternative has always been my philosophy.
>>
>> Cheers
>> On 16/11/2006, at 7:25, Tina Manley wrote:
>>
>>> LUG:
>>>
>>> Disregard this comment that I made about the M8:
>>>
>>> "Either the viewfinder is dimmer than my M7's or my eyes are  
>>> getting worse (a possibility!)  It's harder to get the focus  
>>> right than with the M7."
>>>
>>> I just got back from having my eyes checked and the vision in my  
>>> left eye has decreased 20% since my last check-up!  The doctor  
>>> checked for glaucoma, cataracts, macular degeneration and all  
>>> kinds of stuff and found nothing.  I'm going back next week  
>>> another test and some new glasses.  My focusing with the M8  
>>> should improve immensely when I have glasses that match my new  
>>> decreased vision.  Getting old sucks but it's better than the  
>>> alternative!!
>>>
>>> Tina
>>>
>>> Tina Manley, ASMP, NPPA
>>> http://www.tinamanley.com
>>>
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>>
>>
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Replies: Reply from eduardoalbesi at ciudad.com.ar (Eduardo Albesi) ([Leica] M8 Impressions, Pro and Con, correction)
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