Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/01/13
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Oh I think the M8 is a "not particularly well thought of" camera already, by those who have never used one, or are unfamiliar with rangefinders. So is the M9. There is shed loads of stuff on the net from people slagging them off, the M9 more or less just as much as the M8. OTOH both are highly regarded by the vast majority of people who use them, including me. I am glad I got the M9 but having had it for a couple of months I am very aware that its merits over the M8 are -very- minor, for me. Frank On 13 Jan, 2010, at 09:21, Mark Rabiner wrote: >> Hi Mark, >> I think you are -really- missing out not using a M8. Unless you are going >> to >> print huge prints the M9 really only has the benefit of not needing IR >> filters. >> If you really think you are better off with a Nikon D40 then your need >> for low >> weight considerably exceeds your need for image quality. >> Obviously the photographer is more important than the tool, HCB used good >> quality cameras but his results impressed artistically not technically >> IMO. >> The M8 is a great camera, one I use -much- more often than my FF DSLR. >> You seem to have a serious psychological objection to the M8. >> Frank, who thinks the best film Leica was the M5... > > > I'm predicting that a year the M8 will not be a particularly well thought > of > camera. If I'm wrong I'm wrong and we'll see who long Leica continues to > make it. And if my opinions are at all aberrant. Do a search engine for M8 > and see how off they are. > The people on the LUG who have moved from M8 to M9 can speak of what they > think of their work now compared to then. And how many ever want to go back > at all. > I think the present for Leica is the M9 and the past is the M8. The M8 was > a > first out for Leica and a few things could have gone there way in their > innovations but didn't. Bad luck. But I applaud them for gong for it. In > the M9 it did work out. > > Mark William Rabiner > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information