Deecision = M8 collected today !

[dee]

I am in a bit of a daze . pertially 'cos I am aching and the ASdee dee'sorientation has kicked in big time , but also , 'cos a year ago any Leica was just a dream .

then e-bay sales fuelled a Leica madness , not to mention ex-USSRcrazee ...

And today , Officially , with my '' banker's '' very reluctant participation , I have my CHROME M8 ... it was to be a black demo model , but it was permitted to loose another £300 on a classic chromm camera - I love it , but too fazed to read the manual yet .

However , i know why I induged .

It has all the traditional controls which are '' right '' for me , modern SLRs just don't feel right , not like my Minolta Srt ... Ok , this is a rangefinder , which is supposedly new to me , but my ASdee head seems to ''know '' this . It may seem trivial , bu very few things are real to me as my Leicas ...

Promising initial results , printed page wide open !/30th 'cos it's dark outside , with [ sacrilege ] new black Jupiter 8 - Ok , I tried the Summitar , but am terrified of collapsing it inadvertantly , and no rigid Leica lense - yet ... have 3x Rigid I 22 s coming home from full servicing , should be interesting , as the '' Elmar '' look is my favourite , but the collapsible aperture setting isn't ... maybe a proper 35mm lense , but arm twisting for wasting inheritance for retirement , given pension thrown away on Equitable Life ...

I llike the quasi 75 mm framing though !

i am not too bothered by all the horror stories - my dealer knows me - nand the ASdee - and i know that he will get anything sorted .. 10 years on - who knows ?

Once I have found out how to key it all in to the mac - no more worries about scanning etc ! I can post pics - maybe in the new year ?

total indugence - my parents turning in their graves - YEEEEESSSSS .

dee

 

[ferider]

Congrats, Dee !!!

 

[oscroft]

Many congrats Dee, I hope you enjoy it (and I'm sure you will 😀 )

 

[aad]

I absolutely love this. I am so pleased to hear of your purchase, and to read that you have a Jupiter on an M8.

 

[cmedin]

Dee, some people have put tape around the barrels of the collapsible lenses to avoid accidentally collapsing them into cameras. Might be worth looking into.

Congratulations on the M8! And I too think it's great that you're using the Jupiter, I can imagine some Leicaphiles writhing in agony as they read this 🙂

 

[thomasw_]

i am happy for you, dee.

 

[payasam]

A deelightful thread.

 

[Ben Z]

Congrats man, but maybe you should ask to have this thread moved out of the "M8 Reported Problems" sub-forum...unless you're not superstitious 😀

 

[bohdan]

Dee, I just joined the club too. I've had the camera for exactly a week now. I am reluctant to report my condition of remorse due to the fact of having absolutely no buyers remorse. Its strange. I have the thousand yard stare...but I am actually HAPPY about it.

 

[Roger Hicks]

I've had mine thirteen months, and I still think it's great.

Cheers,

Roger

 

[Digital Dude]

I’m new to the culture as well. After less than 30-days, I’m hooked. The M8 w/28-cron’ was a bitch to pay for but what the hell. Everything I’ve purchased was the latest and greatest although I could have saved a bundle had I not been so demanding. The diminutive accessories I’ve purchased after the fact, quickly added another thousand to my initial acquisition but that’s a reality you’ll soon realize.
Regards,😀

 

[Gabriel M.A.]

'tis good, isn't it?

I hope you can give your banker a few prints taken with it; best selling point.

 

[Bill Blackwell]

Buyer beware! I got mine early last summer and haven't used any of my film M cameras since.

 

[dee]

Thanks everyone , i am still in a daze about my M 8 ...
I realise now , why it seems to bypass my Autistic stuff - the shutter speed dial is like an clock face rather than a digital clock or shutter selection - I have a visual reminder of what i aam diong and what is going on , also , for the 1st time ever , I am really understanding the relationship of the various settings .
In a sense, the quality of the pics is less of '' an issue '' which is somewhat suspect , I assume !
I guess when I get into raw , it will be deeferent !
I am content with the pictorial ''feel '' of my Summitar and Elmar , I am buying a 35mm and 90mm of a similar vintage from Carl in this forum .
Agian , sharp and modern is not what feels right to me - from the 1st slides back from my Leica III c [ and USSR pretenders ! ] it was like this is right and familiar !
It's just so simple to hold and use , I don't miss / need '' live view '' , nor all the doostorted handling and bumps on a DSLR - not to mention the cracky plasytic finish on most of 'em .
dee