M8 musings by Tom Abrahamsson

[Peter Klein]

Tom Abrahamsson, the designer and maker of the Rapidwinder, posted his thoughts on the M8 this weekend. Tom is a longtime RF user and expert on all manner of cameras. He is also known for being a diehard film guy. So his impressions are of special interest.

He had an M8 for about a month. Read all about it here:
http://www.leica-users.org/v33/msg00653.html

I doubt that Tom can answer any questions on this forum. As far as I know, he is not on RFF. He is also heading for Photokina and Solms/Wetzlar.

Enjoy,
--Peter

 

[newyorkone]

Tom Abrahamsson, the designer and maker of the Rapidwinder, posted his thoughts on the M8 this weekend. Tom is a longtime RF user and expert on all manner of cameras. He is also known for being a diehard film guy. So his impressions are of special interest.

He had an M8 for about a month. Read all about it here:
http://www.leica-users.org/v33/msg00653.html

I doubt that Tom can answer any questions on this forum. As far as I know, he is not on RFF. He is also heading for Photokina and Solms/Wetzlar.

Enjoy,
--Peter

Nice find! The fact that Tom even remotely likes it is amazing.

 

[ywenz]

Enuff of these "semi" reviews.. Gimme the full in-depth reviews and sample pictures already! When are those coming out? Anyone know?

 

[boilerdoc2]

WOW! I'm chomping at the bit for that M8 now. Praise from an 'old' film meister. It doesn't get any better than that.
Steve

 

[Peter Klein]

Enuff of these "semi" reviews.. Gimme the full in-depth reviews and sample pictures already! When are those coming out? Anyone know?

Ywenz: One of the well-known reviewers told me that he would receive a camera with production firmware right after Photokina. This probably means Leica will make production firmware available to major reviewers at that time.

Photokina ends October 1. So I suspect that if you give the usual suspects time to get home from Cologne, recover from their jetlag, shoot a few pictures and write a coherent English sentence, you should start seeing some real stuff the first week in October, or very shortly thereafter.

We now resume our regularly-scheduled speculative drooling. . . 😀

--Peter

 

[John Camp]

That whole thing about smooth low-light photographs so good that they are disconcerting, is really a turn-on. Just think what it'll be like when they get the firmware right. 😎

JC

 

[ywenz]

That whole thing about smooth low-light photographs so good that they are disconcerting, is really a turn-on. Just think what it'll be like when they get the firmware right. 😎

JC

What's the big deal with that? Canon's have had smooth high ISO for several generations of their DSLRs now. I expect the M8, which is a street/available light shooting machine to perform nothing less than "well" at high ISO.

 

[NIKON KIU]

THIS REVIEW WAS REVIEWED:
http://www.rangefinderforum.com/forums/showthread.php?t=28360
Kiu

 

[Ken Ford]

THIS REVIEW WAS REVIEWED:
http://www.rangefinderforum.com/forums/showthread.php?t=28360
Kiu

No, this appears to be a later commentary by Tom. Look at the text and dates.