Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/11/19
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Are you suggesting "red-necks"? > Good God, Kyle - Think of how much better that project would be shot with > an > M8 - You could call the book: > Gun Owners and Their Magenta Casts > > > On 11/19/06 5:19 PM, "Kyle Cassidy" <kcassidy@asc.upenn.edu> wrote: > >> i went up to leica day at jim shulman's, had some lasagnia, then talked >> with a >> bunch of luggers about gossen luna pro's and stuff, just like in the old >> days, >> then we swaggered over to the camera store to meet the digital m8. from >> the >> moment i put my hands on it i was ... underwhelmed. >> >> some thoughts: >> >> * leica's basically asking us to drop $5,000 on a camera that's not as >> good as >> a DSLR half it's price (or even a third) -- so in exchange it needs to >> give me >> something -- it needs to get me feeling like i was years back when i >> used my >> leicas and was in love with my camera (i am no longer in love with my >> camera, >> but my pictures are better -- it's a sad trade, but if your goal is the >> picture, it's one i'll make, if reluctantly). >> >> * the M8 _sort of_ feels like an m. but not really. immediately upon >> picking >> it up i noticed two tactile sensations: >> >> 1) it's not as solid feeling >> 2) it feels a lot thicker >> >> the front view in the brochure makes it look like a beautiful classic m. >> from >> the top, it looks like an m and a half glued together. >> >> * i clicked the shutter and it went "clunk-whirr!" -- like an slr with >> an >> old-school winder. with all this going through my mind, one of the >> camera >> sales people said "imagine taking photos at two frames a second!" -- i'm >> already taking photos at five frames a second with my leica d200. >> >> * having read the magenta article at jim's earlier in the day -- my >> brain >> connected the dots -- not quite an M, three times more expensive than a >> better >> camera, released with bugs .... >> >> like saul on the road to damascus, i had an ephiphany -- or at least a >> breakthrough. i saw the world in a clearer light. i want the m8 to be a >> digital version of the m6. i want that feeling i had five years ago, but >> i >> also want good photos, the best photos that my cameras can get me in the >> compromise of speed, size, and time. the m8 isn't going to help me, it's >> just >> a $5,000 excuse to set me back slightly at the cost of dilluding myself >> into >> thinking i'm having more fun than i am. like the Wedding Guest, i went >> home a >> sad and wiser man. >> >> this week i'll be in the pacific northwest photographing gun owners, and >> i'll >> be doing it with the leica d200. >> >> kc >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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 >