Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/02/07
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On Feb 7, 2009, at 5:48 AM, Seth Rosner wrote: > Steve wrote: > >> I have plenty of mystique and more than a little cachet... not to mention panache...pas mal... and a black M8.... but as I mentionned, I need a little talent, but I don't let that stop me, ;-) >> Good on you, Steve; as for me, I can use all the cachet and >> especially all the mystique I can get. A lady of my acquaintance >> has said to me straight out, with a little more mystique and a lot >> more cachet, I'd be in the game. Quite naturally and with aplomb >> and dignity flying, I informed herself that I had no wish to play >> in her game. > > Ceci dit, I am on the verge of acquiring my first digital camera, an > M8.2. have funn with the 8.2 Seth... > Actually, it will not be my first digital; at the first LHSA annual > meeting I attended in Boston 8 or 9 years ago, at the Saturday night > banquet I won the door prize, a Leica Digilux or whatever they > called it. Monday morning Rich Pinto called and said he had promised > two good customers a Digilux but had only one and could he buy my > camera, so it went away before I could get it out of the box. that's only six photos less than some of the recent cameras sold here... > Now Lluis' problem has become mine: black or silver. Despite the > fact that most of my M lenses are silver, my user M6 is black, in > fact it is all-black, including a black 'Leica' dot - don't ask how > I did that!. I've even thought of having my two most frequently used > lenses, the 35/2,8 Summaron and 50/2 Rigid Summicron blackened in > Japan by Tom A.'s good friend, Shintaro Yaghinuma. > > P.S. Does anyone know if the black M8.2's are black paint or black > chrome? paint I think... maybe you need a black chrome M8... (well, unless you are thinking of selling it to Rich Pinto) Steve > > > Seth > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Steve Barbour" <kididdoc@cox.net> > To: "Leica Users Group" <lug@leica-users.org> > Sent: Friday, February 06, 2009 6:23 PM > Subject: Re: [Leica] M8 Black, Be Welcome at home! > > >> >> On Feb 6, 2009, at 2:10 PM, Sonny Carter wrote: >> >>> On Fri, Feb 6, 2009 at 2:16 PM, Steve Barbour <kididdoc@cox.net> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> >>>> >>>> and that small group of us are in fact, quite partial to the black >>>> M8's... >>>> >>>> if anything, this will add cachet to your mystique, >>>> >>>> >>>> :-) >>> >>> >>> My mystique needs more than cachet added! ;-) >> >> >> I have plenty of mystique and more than a little cachet... >> >> now I need some talent, >> >> but I do have a black M8, >> >> Steve >> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Regards, >>> >>> Sonny >>> http://www.sonc.com >>> http://sonc.stumbleupon.com/ >>> Natchitoches, Louisiana >>> USA >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Leica Users Group. >>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 8.0.233 / Virus Database: 270.10.18/1937 - Release Date: > 02/06/09 11:31:00 > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information