Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/08/20

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Subject: [Leica] M8 question
From: gregj_lorenzo at hotmail.com (Greg Lorenzo)
Date: Thu, 20 Aug 2009 10:42:12 -0600
References: <B99E4658-513B-4706-95CC-D0441393FFF8@rosenblumtv.com> <C6B2E3C7.532C6%mark@rabinergroup.com> <COL119-W25748D8BEAC29E4B1B4CC782FD0@phx.gbl> <01e001ca21b0$4ad0d080$e0727180$@net>
 
 jshul at comcast.net writes in part:
 
> Contrast this with Phil Forrest's experience in the Gulf War with his
> M4--through sandstorms, dropped once into the Mediterranean, fixed with
> available tools en route--and it was the only one of his cameras that kept
> working under those conditions.

 

The M4 was the last of the great M mechanical cameras. Same robust workhorse 
as the M2 and M3. The M5 and M6 would have been just as reliable for him, 
except for possibly the meter.

 

Greg Lorenzo

Calgary, Canada



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In reply to: Message from Michael at rosenblumtv.com (Michael Rosenblum) ([Leica] M8 question)
Message from mark at rabinergroup.com (Mark Rabiner) ([Leica] M8 question)
Message from gregj_lorenzo at hotmail.com (Greg Lorenzo) ([Leica] M8 question)
Message from jshul at comcast.net (Jim Shulman) ([Leica] M8 question)