Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/03/29

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Subject: [Leica] Fwd: 60mm Macro on Fuji X Pro 1
From: gwpics at me.com (Gerry Walden)
Date: Fri, 30 Mar 2012 07:02:47 +0100
References: <CB9ABB68.1C4D3%mark@rabinergroup.com>

Mark

Confucius he say "When in hole stop digging" - and don't knock the Fuji 
X-Pro1 until you have tried it. It is a great camera and my images are 
already being happily accepted by Alamy.

Gerry

Gerry Walden
+44 (0)23 8046 3076 or
+44 (0)797 287 7932
www.gwpics.com

On 30 Mar 2012, at 06:22, Mark Rabiner wrote:

> Does anybody know whose attacking the M8? I must have deleted those posts
> without reading them?!
> I attacked the Fuji X Pro or not being on par with an M.
> That a cheap plastic compact plastic point and shoot which can have Leica
> glass put on it be put on the same level as a Leica M. and that many of
> these cameras are 1.5 or 2x crop or more. And I was confusing the Sony
> mirrorless just out thing with the Fuji.
> Does the fact that the  Fuji X Pro is also a cropped camera means I'm also
> attacking a six year old long out of production Leica M8?
> 
> I think one can applaud one camera for having a larger sensor than another
> or the reverse and not have it have anything to do with a six year old 
> Leica
> M8. I assure you a Leica M8 is the furthest thing from my mind.
> 
> -- 
> Mark Rabiner
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/lugalrabs/springdays/
> 
> 
>> From: Tina Manley <images at comporium.net>
>> Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org>
>> Date: Thu, 29 Mar 2012 20:50:31 -0400
>> To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org>
>> Subject: Re: [Leica] Fwd: 60mm Macro on Fuji X Pro 1
>> 
>> Still have my 2 M8s and still use them.  No problem at all with the photos
>> from the M8s.  They are so much better than anything from Canon or Nikon
>> that it's amazing.
>> 
>> Tina
>> 
>> On Thu, Mar 29, 2012 at 8:44 PM, Sonny Carter <sonc.hegr at gmail.com> 
>> wrote:
>> 
>>> I agree 100% Ted.  I had my M8 for four wonderful years.  I carried it
>>> everywhere, and it never failed to please.  I was able to get an M9, and 
>>> I
>>> do love it, but I cannot fault my M8.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>>> From: <tedgrant at shaw.ca>
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> All this information about how bad an M8 is I find very interesting, 
>>> Seems
>>> like it's all bad news owning and using one.
>>> 
>>> However for a fleeting moment let's hand an M8 to a  talented 
>>> photographer,
>>> 
>>> 
>>> --
>>> Regards,
>>> 
>>> Sonny
>>> http://sonc.com/look/
>>> http://sonc-hegr.tumblr.com/
>>> Natchitoches, Louisiana
>>> 
>>> USA
>>> 
>>> _______________________________________________
>>> Leica Users Group.
>>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information
>>> 
>>> 
>> 
>> 
>> -- 
>> Tina Manley, ASMP
>> www.tinamanley.com
>> 
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Gerry Walden
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+44 (0)797 287 7932
www.gwpics.com



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