Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/08/30
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Larry, While I'm not Ted, or Tina or any one of several other Pros here who use and are satisfied with their M8's, I do know my M8 certainly is at least as good as any of my Film M or R cameras. It certainly humbles my Nikon D200 easily, to the point I rarely use it at all, my wife uses it most of the time when she wants to take a bird shot or something. For bird or other SLR type of shooting I almost always grab my R8. You can think what you want about the M8, but as for me, I'm certainly very satisfied with my purchase. If you want to stay with film M's or what ever then all the more power to you. Gene -------------- Original message from Lawrence Zeitlin <lrzeitlin@optonline.net>: -------------- > Citing the inadequacies of mechanical Leicas does not make the M8 > more reliable. It just points out that in recent times the troubled > Leica company had neither the funds or resources to adequately test > its cameras before releasing them to the market. The assertion that > the M8 has the best image quality of any $4750 camera is totally > unsupported by pictures posted on the LUG. Aside form the fact that > it is difficult to judge the nuances of image quality from a computer > screen, the photos don't appear to be superior to those taken with > film cameras using the same or equivalent glass. Tell the truth Ted, > Tina, and Sonny. Are your pictures any better now than they were when > you used old fashioned film? > > This is not meant to restart a film vs. digital conflict. However M8 > apologists provide one of the most blatant displays of cognitive > dissonance since the publication of the Surgeon General's report on > the dangers of smoking. If you spend nearly $5000 on a camera simply > to use your Leica lenses, you better convince yourself that it is the > best thing since sliced bread. Otherwise you might think yourself > foolish for replacing a film camera that you already own that gave > excellent results. > > Larry Z > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information