Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/09/01

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Subject: [Leica] Re: M8 problems
From: glehrer at san.rr.com (Jerry Lehrer)
Date: Sat Sep 1 19:59:54 2007
References: <083120071613.17284.46D83E470007E10A00004384219791336303010CD2079C080C03BF970A9D9F9A0B9D09@mchsi.com> <20070831172148.8780H04RK9@priv-edmwaa06.telusplanet.net>

Dave,

Were you really promised an R10?  When is it coming out?

Jerry


David Young wrote:
> 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


In reply to: Message from grduprey at mchsi.com (grduprey@mchsi.com) ([Leica] Re: M8 problems)
Message from telyt at telus.net (David Young) ([Leica] Re: M8 problems)