Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/08/31
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I hope the R10 is in the same or lower price range. ;-) I cannot afford a $6000 DMR, and have not seen any on the used market since they were discontinued, yeah I know they must be out there, but at what price? Im hoping the R10 will be shown at next years Photokina when I am over there. ;-) Gene -------------- Original message from David Young <telyt@telus.net>: -------------- > At 31/08/2007, you wrote: > >Actually ther M8 is every bit as intuitive as the previous M's. No > >real reason to read the manual at all. Unless you cannot figure out > >how to charge the battery or put the SD card in. Actually very > >similar to film in a M6 or M7, at least it is in the same > >location. Only a couple of things to even set, DNG/JPG and ISO. The > >rest you can worry about a week or so after starting to shoot. Heck > >downloading the digital images is simple. Even I figured this thing out. > > > >Gene > > You are right, Gene. I had the pleasure of using a pre-production M8 > for a couple of weeks, a year ago - well before it was introduced and > well before there was an instruction book for it! > > http://www3.telus.net/~telyt/M8.htm > > The only non-intuitive bit was changing the ISO ... you simply press > SET rather than MENU, and when you lightly press the shutter button, > it sets the parameters. A neat way to reduce the button count by > one, and as the ancient Japanese proverb says... "Simple - when know how!" > > Otherwise the camera is absolutely intuitive. I hope the promised > R10 is as simple to use! > > Cheers! > --- > > David Young, > Logan Lake, CANADA > > Wildlife Photographs: http://www.telyt.com/ > Personal Web-pages: http://www3.telus.net/~telyt > Stock Photography at: http://tinyurl.com/2amll4 > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information