Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2015/10/24
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Many with the M8!! http://tinamanley.photoshelter.com/#!/index/G00003S9ZJ3T46hs It is still a wonderful camera and I still use both of mine. Tina On Sat, Oct 24, 2015 at 6:48 PM, Mark Rabiner <mark at rabinergroup.com> wrote: > > The last time anyone posted a shot taken with an M8 was when? > There are about none in use. > > > On 10/24/15 6:34 PM, "Doug Herr" <wildlightphoto at earthlink.net> wrote: > > > Mark, the point is you've never used it, many people are using it now > with > > great results, and you were called out for a negative opinion of a Leica > you'd > > never used vs. your claim that people give you a hard time for a positive > > opinion of Leica equipment. > > > > Doug Herr > > Birdman of Sacramento > > http://www.wildlightphoto.com > > http://doug-herr.fineartamerica.com > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > >> From: Mark Rabiner <mark at rabinergroup.com> > >> Sent: Oct 24, 2015 3:08 PM > >> To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> > >> Subject: Re: [Leica] BIG new Leica > >> > >> The M8 was one disaster after another almost weekly new issues and was > >> looked upon by the entire photo community was awe and dismay as the bad > news > >> kept coming in it like no camera anyone ever heard of. It way out > Edseled > >> the Edsel. Yet it did keep Leica in the lens selling business new > lenses > >> and paved the way for the almost commercially viable M9 (largely > ignored by > >> pros) and at least was not an embarrassment which paved the way for the > >> completely commercially viable M out now.. But by then though all the > >> serious Leica shooters had gone DSLR and were not in a hurry to invest > in > >> seven grand bodies with six grand glass which required more than one > body as > >> at least of them is going to be in a far off shop for not a short time. > >> > >> For Leica to have gotten its very first digital attempt right and > seamlessly > >> jumped right into the digital camera business would have been much more > >> interesting and unlikely news. It was a huge leap for Leica to make and > >> guess what it didn't make it all that wonderfully and instantly. > >> And I dare to disparage the M8! If somebody wants to read positive > stuff on > >> the M8 they're going to have to read it here became they're not going to > >> find it anywhere else. Its a blooper the modern Leica company would > love to > >> forget. And please tell us about how you're using it for infra red. > >> I think the die hards all but one or two have been stuck with the fact > that > >> their camera have locked up and died and its a lesson hopefully well > >> learned. Be careful about buying first outs from companies who have > close to > >> zero experience in a new burgeoning technology but plenty of experience > in > >> the opposite. > >> Had the camera been successful it would have been a minor modern > miracle. > >> With a little luck it would have had a few less issues. But that luck > with > >> not to be found that time round. > >> > >> > >> On 10/24/15 5:46 PM, "Doug Herr" <wildlightphoto at earthlink.net> > >> wrote: > >> > >>> Mark Rabiner wrote: > >>> > >>>> > >>>> ... > >>>> I remain the only person on any photo list who gets is opinions > thrown back > >>>> at him if he doesn't have a notarized receipt of the item at hand. It > makes > >>>> me feel very special. I've notice the most I get in trouble on this > list is > >>>> when I say something positive about a Leica product. > >>>> > >>> > >>> It's also when you say something negative about something you've never > used, > >>> Leica or otherwise. Do you recall the M8? > >>> > >>> Doug Herr > >>> Birdman of Sacramento > >>> http://www.wildlightphoto.com > >>> http://doug-herr.fineartamerica.com > >>> > >>> _______________________________________________ > >>> Leica Users Group. > >>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> -- > >> Mark William Rabiner > >> Photographer > >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/lugalrabs/ > >> > >> > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> 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 > > > > > -- > Mark William Rabiner > Photographer > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/lugalrabs/ > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > -- Tina Manley www.tinamanley.com tina-manley.artistwebsites.com http://www.alamy.com/stock-photography/3B49552F-90A0-4D0A-A11D-2175C937AA91/Tina+Manley.html