[Leica] Working with the M8--- Not Given the Chance

[grduprey at mchsi.com (grduprey@mchsi.com)]

Jerry,

I'd say you need to change dealers.  Every camera store I have ever visited 
has allowed you to try your own lenses on one of their demos.  I would say 
that M8's being soon sold at $3K is a bit of wishful thinking, as is the 
full frame M anytime soon.

Gene

-------------- Original message from Jerry Lehrer <glehrer@san.rr.com>: 
-------------- 


> Don, 
> 
> Why should I spend good money to buy a camera with such an imperfection? 
> 
> If I wanted one, I would not have to "break open the piggy bank". I 
> would just buy it. 
> 
> Anyway, they soon will be available on the used market for about $3K 
> Right? 
> 
> Besides that, I am a wide angle user and prefer a 21mm, and 35mm basic 
> setup. I 
> would prefer not to buy 16 and 28 mm lenses to equal my preferred fields 
> of view. 
> The next Digital M will, most likely, have full 24x36mm coverage and 
> will have the 
> IR problem solved without filters. 
> 
> I did bring all my M lenses to my local Leica dealer, and was willing 
> to buy a 
> memory card for the M8, so I could try the lenses on their demo M8. Most 
> of my 
> lenses were purchased originally at that location. I made my request. 
> They are still 
> laughing! 
> 
> Jerry 
> 
> 
> Alastair Firkin wrote: 
> > 
> > On 18/02/2007, at 0:14, Don Dory wrote: 
> > 
> >> Working with the M8 for a week I thought that I would follow our elder 
> >> statesman's (he grins) rules and KISS. So, set the ISO to 650, set 
> >> it to 
> >> DNG and out I go. With a fast top shutter speed and very limited noise 
> >> there really isn't much decision making about the camera other than 
> >> classic 
> >> aperture, shutter, and composition. Opening in ACR has been a snap, 
> >> white 
> >> balance has been very close to what I want without a lot of fiddling, 
> >> and 
> >> the auto exposure has been truly wonderful except in one or two truly 
> >> unusual situations; think a small beam of light hitting my subject 
> >> surrounded by darkness. 
> >> 
> >> So, for all you folks who have heard all the whiners, ignore the 
> >> whining, 
> >> break open the piggy bank, and buy one of these marvelous machines. It 
> >> truly is an M camera in all that designation signifies. Is it 
> >> perfect, no, 
> >> in fact one of my PAW's this week has a perfect example of the magenta 
> >> issue. But, for a camera that you can control and use like an M, it is 
> >> perfect. 
> >> 
> > 
> 
> 
> 
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