Good News

[Gid]

Well, Leica were true to their word. I picked up my new (replacement) M8 this afternoon. Everything seems as it should be (taken a few test shots). Interestingly though, the serial number of the replacement is about 2500 lower than the original.

Just need some half decent weather next week in South Devon.

 

[kbg32]

Good for you Gid. Have fun!

 

[Gid]

Good for you Gid. Have fun!

Thanks. I hope to.

 

[back alley]

that must be a weight lifted, eh?

good luck with it and maybe let's see a pic or 2.

joe

 

[Gid]

that must be a weight lifted, eh?

good luck with it and maybe let's see a pic or 2.

joe

Thanks Joe. The trouble is that until I've used it in anger for a while I'll still be nervous (and toting an alternative - Oly E400). When I've got something worth posting I will.

 

[Richard Marks]

Way to go Gid!
This is some camera

 

[Gid]

Way to go Gid!
This is some camera

Thanks. I agree.

 

[shadowfox]

Appreciate the effort to keep Leica in line 😉

also appreciate bringing in an Oly as a backup 😉

 

[gb hill]

If your over the hill and slid down the other side It's no wonder your camera broke!😀 M8s even, can't take that much roughness. But seriously though good luck with this one. I can feel your joy all the way across the water.


Greg

 

[Gid]

Appreciate the effort to keep Leica in line 😉

also appreciate bringing in an Oly as a backup 😉

Hey, I'm an Olympus E1 and E400 owner so I'm used to waiting. However, when Oly produce something it invariably works well.

I'm no Leicaphile - I've owned and used Leica cameras and I have Leica lenses and I have to say that they are amongst the best I have used, but that alone would not be enough to persuade me to buy a pig in a poke. What has sold me on the M8 is the image quality and it is so much better than anything else I've used (can't comment on Canon) that I will give them one more chance. However, if I have any more problems with the M8, then its gone, which would be a shame. There has, in my opinion, been a lot of "emporer's new clothes" around the M8. I bought it fully aware of the facts and expected to return it after a couple of days, but here I am putting up with a camera that so far has been much less reliable than my R-D1. My original post was simply a follow up on what had been promised to me. That promise was delivered to and that warrants posting. I would have posted my disappointment had they not delivered.

 

[Gid]

If your over the hill and slid down the other side It's no wonder your camera broke!😀 M8s even, can't take that much roughness. But seriously though good luck with this one. I can feel your joy all the way across the water.


Greg

Thanks. Maybe that's what did it 😀