Good luck with the M8. It should be well suited to your style of shooting. I shot quite a bit of film with my thread mount Leica and miss its quiet operation and inconspicuous size. I've played with a friends M8, and If I wasn't supporting five people, I would probably have one of my own. Very nice camera. You will enjoy it. Paul On Apr 13, 2008, at 9:57 PM, Juan Buhler wrote: > For some reason I keep thinking that the RD-1 is not as good a value > as the M8. I just refuse to pay $3000 for a 6MP camera. Somehow, > paying $4500 for a 10MP one that also happens to be a Leica seems to > make more sense. > > So much for claiming to be beyond brand worshipping. > > That said, I wish Cosina would go digital with another iteration of > the RD-1 or even better, the Zeiss rangefinder. To me, it seems like > that are one of the very few companies that truly "get it." > > j > > > -- > Juan Buhler - http://www.jbuhler.com > > > On Sun, Apr 13, 2008 at 7:33 AM, Godfrey DiGiorgi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: >> I'm sure you'll like the M8, Juan. Enjoy it! I'm sure it will do >> you well. >> >> I've been tempted by both the M8 and the Epson RD-1 on several >> occasions. I >> like the shape, size and weight of these cameras. And I owned >> Leica Ms for >> years, alongside my Nikon SLRs. But I've always been more of an >> SLR user. My >> solution to this desire has been the Panasonic L1 fitted with a >> wide or >> normal prime lens. Lately I've also been using an Olympus E-1 body >> with the >> Leica 25mm f/1.4 (normal) ... It has an extremely quiet shutter and >> excellent viewfinder, but is somewhat bulky compared to the RF >> cameras. >> >> Every so often I see the RD-1 for a reasonable price and I'm >> tempted as one >> of those with that fast 28mm lens would be just about right. And >> similarly >> the M8 body calls to me when I visit the camera store. Maybe some >> day. >> >> Godfrey >> >> >> >> Juan Buhler wrote: >> >>> Some of you might remember a thread from about year ago, where I was >>> seriously thinking about getting a Leica M8. >>> >>> I didn't. I kept shooting with the K10D, spent two months with it in >>> Spain and in Argentina, and later was the only one shooting >>> Pentax at >>> the Eddie Adams workshop in October. >>> >>> The K10D is as good as an SLR gets for street photography, but I >>> keep >>> having trouble with the noise, the size, the fact that so many of my >>> pics are out of focus because the viewfinder is not as big and >>> bright >>> as I'd like. So... I gave in yesterday, and ordered a used, ex+ M8 >>> from Adorama. It should arrive in time for this summer's trip, again >>> to Argentina and later Spain. >>> >>> My kit until 2003 or so was an M6 with a Summicron 50 and a >>> Pentax MX >>> with K24/3.5 or FA35/2. They complemented each other greatly. Now it >>> will be M8 with Voigtlanders 28 and 35 (don't want to spend the >>> money >>> on Leica glass for now,) and K10D with 16-45/4. >>> >>> Anybody else shooting with an M8 besides a Pentax? >>> >> >> >> > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above > and follow the directions.
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