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Subject: [Leica] Working with the M8--- Not Given the Chance
From: glehrer at san.rr.com (Jerry Lehrer)
Date: Sun Feb 18 16:44:05 2007
References: <021820070547.25285.45D7E873000C87A5000062C5219791332903010CD2079C080C03BF970A9D9F9A0B9D09@mchsi.com>

Gene,

The nearest other Leica dealer is over 2 hours away.   NFW!

I opined the $3K as a price for a USED M8.  Second hand.  Resale market.
If I am wrong, I have lost nothing.

Jerry


rduprey@mchsi.com wrote:
> 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: 
>>>
>>>       
>>>>
>>>> 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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