Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/06/11
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On Wed, Jun 11, 2008 at 10:48 AM, Frank Filippone <red735i@earthlink.net> wrote: > . > However I was struck that only a few ( 6? A few more?) owners had a backup > M8 body. Even some of those who make their living doing photography had no > digital M backup. ( I guess they use a film body as a backup..... or Brand > C, N or none????). That really surprised me. I never have carried a back-up camera daily, though I keep a Pentax in the car most of the time, just in case. Even when I had two M6's and two M7's the second was not for back-up. I used high speed Fuji in one and Reala in the other. Now that I can switch ISO so easily, I don't see the need. My m8 has been quite reliable, though I have experienced a few of the problems he pointed out. (Namely accidental self timer, but you don't have to wait the whole time, just turn off the camera and back on will serve as an escape key. If I were to go to Iraq or some such place I might not want to rely on ANY brand camera as an only body, and for all his crowing about the reliability of C and N, I have heard they often have problems. My second system is Pentax, and I own 3 digital bodies (Me and my sons use them like an equipment pool) I've haven't had any failures of any sort with any of them -- Regards, Sonny http://www.sonc.com Natchitoches, Louisiana USA