Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/03/31
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]And a happy April first to you all too :-) :-) mehrdad wrote: > yeah, there were showing this camera @ PMA behind closed door, i played > around with it for a while. pretty nice. leica for sure has spent a lot of > R&D money @ the right time, when the market comes back, they are going to > do > well if they are around > > On Tue, Mar 31, 2009 at 10:44 PM, Chris Williams < > leicachris at worldnet.att.net> wrote: > > >> So this was an interesting evening. My wife and I went down to the French >> Quarter to see some clients and then get some dinner at Napoleon House. We >> were there eating and this pretty well known photographer sits across the >> room from us. Now he has people with him so I don't want to bug him. I >> notice he has an M8 with him and he taking photos around Napoleon House. >> So >> I get up to go to the bathroom, figuring on the way back I'd mention what >> camera he's using. >> >> So I came back and mention "that's a great camera your using, M8 huh?" >> >> "Yes, sort of" >> >> "Oh the new M8.2" >> >> "Well, no. It's sort of a prototype" >> >> "Wow" >> >> "Let's just say a 50mm is now a 50mm" >> >> "Holy crap!" >> >> I think he had the new 18mm on there but I'm not 100% sure. If that's the >> case, he's really shooting wide once again on a Leica M! He would not >> really >> say anything else about the camera. It was all black, no red dot, no white >> lettering where the M8 should be. >> >> So here's a grab shot from my wife's iPhone of the two of us, you'll know >> the face well. >> >> >> www.zoeicaimages.com/Untitled-1.jpg >> >> >> Chris >> NOLA >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> >> > > > >