Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/03/29
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]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 >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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 Gerry Walden +44 (0)23 8046 3076 or +44 (0)797 287 7932 www.gwpics.com