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

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Subject: [Leica] M8 Impressions, Pro and Con, correction
From: len-1 at comcast.net (Leonard Taupier)
Date: Wed Nov 15 15:36:37 2006
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Good for now. But it sneaks up on you as Tina can attest to.

Len


On Nov 15, 2006, at 6:32 PM, Alastair Firkin wrote:

> 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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