Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/01/24
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On Jan 24, 2010, at 8:05 PM, Philip Forrest wrote: > Let me come out of the closet here & say that I just purchased one of > those "disasters". Factory refurbished with a warranty and well under > the price of a D700. > And i don't have to invest in any Nikon glass, so go me! I can use the M > lenses I love and know so well, but now shoot a Leica M8. The RD1 is a > fun camera but I've come to want more, especially from the rangefinder > and the camera itself. Through a month of research and bugging a few > LUGgers ad nauseum, I made the plunge to get an M8. I can't wait to > start shooting it. > Absolutely cannot wait. > And I'm glad some LUG members here aren't jumping at the cost of the > very fine digital "half frame" that still delivers some of the best > images we've seen in the last three years. Many of them here on this > list! I'm glad because that low priced body was waiting for me and not > someone else. > Thanks all, especially those who helped me in the research with advice. > Phil Forrest good for you, have fun... still using my M8, and my M9, Steve > > > On Sun, 24 Jan 2010 20:34:46 -0500 > Mark Rabiner <mark at rabinergroup.com> wrote: > >>> I continue to use my 2 M8s along with my M9 and they are far from a >>> disaster. They are better than any other digital rangefinder, >>> except the M9. There is no reason not to use them. The photos I >>> get from them are just as good as they were before the M9 came >>> out! I won't end up selling them. >>> >>> Tina >> >> >> Well if it was me I'd not throw mine away but continue to use it as >> you've stated with a longer lens or narrower view for "inserts". As >> a second camrea. And backup camera. >> Sell it to who and for how much? >> I'd not want that kind of Karma. >> I'd just keep it. >> -or give it away and with a friendly warning and a wrong telephone >> number. Tell them to throw salt over their shoulder like when you >> give sombody a knife. >> >> [Rabs] >> 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