Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/02/07
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Seth, I think you can get the M8.2 in either black paint or black chrome. gene ? -------------- Original message from "Seth Rosner" <sethrosner@nycap.rr.com>: -------------- > Steve wrote: > > > I have plenty of mystique and more than a little cachet... > > 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. > 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. > > 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? > > Seth > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Steve Barbour" > To: "Leica Users Group" > 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 > >> 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