Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/06/29
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Mark I'm just barracking for Truth, Justice and the M8ing way ;-) It really is a done deal on that comparison on larger prints! I agree its really nice to keep every camera but fiscal reality forces tough decisions. 2009/6/29 Mark Rabiner <mark at rabinergroup.com> > I really wouldn't take it so personally Geoff. > I saw you after writing the post you traded in a M7 for an M8; > But you had other M's still left over laying around. > So if you wanted to shoot the tree in your back yard with both film and > digital blow them both up and put them side by side next to each other on > the wall you'd have that option. > > I'm sorry but on the internet I cringe when I hear the same kinds of things > over and over again. Such as: > "I traded my M7 for an m8, a much better camera". > If you loose a piece of gear which has worked for you for years by trading > it in for an unknown: > And you only then have the second camera so you can only make a much less > valid comparison: > It all becomes a bunch of internet babble. > > And I'm not by the way rooting for the M7 over the M8 or the other way > around. I have no preference. Maybe I'd take the M8 over the M7 if they > were > offered to me. I still have by two M6's and a complete set of mainly > current > Leica glass to put on them plus a modest LTM setup. > > > Mark William Rabiner > > > > > From: Geoff Hopkinson <hopsternew at gmail.com> > > Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> > > Date: Mon, 29 Jun 2009 15:39:39 +1000 > > To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> > > Subject: Re: [Leica] Which M to sell to get which M8? > > > > The comparison has been done by numerous shooters, many more talented > than > > I. Why are you persisting with doubts there when you haven't done this > for > > yourself? > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > -- Cheers Geoff Artisan excellence for the best lenses in the world. Leica already has a CEO and a business plan. Show me your photographs. http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/gh/ http://www.pbase.com/hoppyman