[Leica] moving away from my M8

[mark at rabinergroup.com (Mark Rabiner)]

> Hi Neal,
> I am finding almost the opposite.
> Last year we were in Salzburg for the summer, and last month we were in
> Washington to celebrate my 60th birthday with friends and relatives.
> Last year I took my M8.2 and a Olympus E-P1, this year I had changed to M9 
> and
> E-P2 (for the viewfinder). I found I used the Leica almost all the time. 
> With
> the E-P1 and Leica lenses I found manual focus and framing with the monitor
> screen on the back to give much poorer results than the M8, and the 
> controls
> and ergonomics of the Oly are not as intuitive as the Leica (to me).
> Last month I also found the Leica got much more use than the Olympus. 
> Unless I
> wanted the reach (I had the 14-140 panasonic zoom with me) I found there 
> was
> nothing about the Olympus which made me want to use it in place of the 
> Leica.
> When I got home I was glad I had used the M9 for almost everything since 
> the
> quality difference is marked.
> Just IME.
> Frank


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