Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/10/19
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On Oct 19, 2009, at 7:57 AM, LvD wrote: > Since I have the M9 the fun is back. > > I can see now that I was never really comfortable with the M8, not > like I was with the M6 and MP. > > Something was not right for me. The frames, the way my lenses were > behaving and the noise. > > At the end, when I was using it, it was only with the 28 and the 50, > the only frames that were working for me. > > Now, the 35 and the 75 are back in my bag. > > I feel home again and I'm really enjoying it. > > I only hope that it will show in my pictures soon. > > ;-) > > I will keep the M8 as a backup. Lucien, that about sums up my feelings too, and my strategy... feels like my M7.... Steve > > The backup I was missing with the M8 because I was obviously not > going to invest in a second M8 or M8.2. > > That lack of backup prevented me to take the M8 for those 'once in a > lifetime travels' or so called 'important' assignments. > > Although I never had a single problem with it. > > Lucien > > > > > Mark Rabiner wrote : > >>> Do I sense a ground swell of feeling that the M*s should be >>> cherished >>> because they make old lenses perform better by eliminating the >>> poorer >>> rendition in the corners? Seems like the inverse of the opinion that >>> film M Leicas were to be desired over the M8 because Leica lenses >>> were >>> designed for the corners rather than the central area. I'm >>> confused. I >>> have a lot of old Leica lenses. Do I buy a used M8 or save my >>> pennies >>> for an M9? >>> Larry Z >>> >>> >>> >> Nobody cares about the corners. Get an M9. You're going to see M8's >> selling >> for very little money after a year or less. There is a reason. They >> are not >> made any more. There is a reason. >> >> Mark William Rabiner >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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