[Leica] I just became a NEFfer...

[philippe.orlent at pandora.be (Philippe Orlent)]

Thank you for your responses, gentlemen (esp. about the S-C-M button).
The camera is due for next week tuesday , but I already downloaded  
the 220+ pages manual and discovered that there was a whole new bunch  
of things that I didn't know about.
I hope I'll once master them. And untill then: full auto- or wide  
open and let all the rest follow mode, ofcourse :-)

BTW: I really was convinced that there would be only a minority using  
Nikon on this list.
But seeing about 6 responses, it must be a majority!
Normally I get only about 3 :-)

Only Leica and Canon folks here, I thought! ( Except for Mark  
Rabiner, who already has given numerous times valuable info on about  
every camera and lens out there that I ever dreamt or never heard of.)

And about Canon: I just got the 5D that i rented for this for this  
weekend, with the 16-35/2.8L first version (don't ask why: too long a  
story). I have been playing around with it the last hour and boy, is  
this thing heavy!
The difference between a DSLR and an M, sadly enough. But there is no  
alternative ATM. Really a shame that Leica didn't turn up with a  
digital solution that would have really convinced ALL of us from the  
start. I wouldn't have minded one second about the 1000 EUR prize  
difference with its competitors. But honestly, I just don't have that  
feeling of nothing being better than the M8. Which I definitely had  
with all its predecessors.

Philippe