Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/08/30

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Subject: [Leica] Re: M8 problems
From: lists at gilplant.com (J. Gilbert Plantinga)
Date: Thu Aug 30 11:41:58 2007
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Is that 40 x 60 centimeters or inches???


Gilbert
http://www.upstatelight.com


On Aug 30, 2007, at 2:25 PM, Scott Gregory wrote:

> Regardless of the camera brand as you know, there can be issues and  
> reliability problems. My first Canon 10D had to be returned to the  
> factory with a fault. I had two other Canons after that including a  
> 5D that worked great. Also now using Nikon Digital and not a  
> problem at all with those.
> My M8 has worked beautifully from day 1, all through the firmware  
> upgrades and still cranking out beautiful images. I prefer to use  
> it over the Nikon for most situations due to it's size but also  
> most importantly it's tremendous quality of file.
> What convinced me to purchase was seeing a 40 x 60 print done by an  
> M8 at a show in Toronto. The quality ranked with any medium format  
> film camera that I have used or seen.
>
> To that end, I am now printing large panormas and the quality is  
> very fine, I'm happy and the M8 keeps chugging along. I think it's  
> only up for the company with successive models if they can improve  
> on what they have now.
>
> My .02.
>
> Scott


In reply to: Message from lrzeitlin at optonline.net (Lawrence Zeitlin) ([Leica] Re: M8 problems)
Message from s_gregory1 at mac.com (Scott Gregory) ([Leica] Re: M8 problems)