[Leica] What do mean my M8 isn't also a wifi hotspot?

[jbcollier at shaw.ca (John Collier)]

It's the simple things that give the most pleasure: like firing the shutter 
with the lens cap on. What a relief to finally find a camera that will just 
do what it's told rather than constantly talk back or interrupt things to 
snidely drop "helpful" hints. The M8 will blink warning lights and what not, 
but, push the button, and, ready or not, the missile launches. 

Thank goodness.

I am seemingly somewhat out of sync with the "general populous" as I almost 
never find myself wanting to send a text message while shooting HD video of 
my latest geo-caching exploits. I am also alone in finding that AI has a bit 
of a nasty side? Just one example of digital intransigence is my Fuji X100. 
Supposedly, somewhere in it's myriad of poorly apportioned menu options, I 
can set it to display the focus distance on a neat little linear scale that 
also indicates DOF. Cool or what? Well, I could never get it to actually 
work unless I was in manual focus. Yesterday, as I was unhooking it's 
leather strap to transfer to the M8, I turned it on, one last time, and 
brought it to my eye and, Sweet Mother of Pearl, there it was! Boy do I hate 
Digital-Almosts.

Make no mistake,the M8 is not a perfect camera by any means. The shutter 
sound is vaguely reminiscent of a 50 pound sledge hammer hitting five foot 
thick oak beam just a few millimetres from your ear. Really! I couldn't 
believe it at first. Even in discrete -- more aptly named 
low-rent-hooker-screaming-for-her-dough (please forgive my political 
incorrectness) -- the sound echoes in my largely empty head for quite some 
time. However, after years of Digital-Almosts, I just don't care anymore. 
I'll wear ear plugs if that's what it takes to get a camera that actually 
does what it's told.

John