[Leica] M8

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At 07:01 AM 8/21/2009, you wrote:
>I love my little M6 and its fantastically 
>over-hyped and over-priced lenses but why anyone 
>would buy a digital Leica depreciation box has 
>always been beyond me.  Now I hear they die if 
>someone breathes damp breath on them!
>
>I look forward to the day when they sell for 
>?150 so I can have a play with one.  Nobody else 
>will buy them because hardened Leica users will 
>blow their thousands on the latest gizmo (if the 
>S2 doesn't bring the company down first) and 
>nobody else will buy one because they won't be able to afford the lenses.
>
>Neil

Well, I for one have bought two of the digital 
Leica boxes both of which have paid for 
themselves within months of purchasing them.  I 
used M3's, M4's, M6's, M7's - now I use 
M8's.  They are a tool I use to take 
photographs.  They don't die if you breathe on 
them. I have had more electronic problems with my 
pro level Canon 5D and 1DMII than I have with my 
M8's.  I have saved enough in film and developing 
since I got my M8's  to be able to spend 
thousands on the next latest gizmo from Leica 
which I hope will be an M9.  I don't consider my 
Leica lenses to be over-hyped or over-priced.  I 
consider them to be the best lenses for the type 
of photography I do.  That's the only reason I have them.

Tina

Tina Manley
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