M8 on cover of "Outside" Magazine's gift guide

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The US edition of "Outside" Magazine's 2007 gift guide features a great shot of the M8 on its cover.

I guess it is listed #1 in their 75 objects of desire for active men with discriminating tastes.
 
Here on the February issue about the Leica M8 i found online.

I like tis statment:
"the M8 is the perfect camera for digital photographers with a traditionalist's taste for quality (and any Leica devotees ready to accept progress). 😀
 
The people in all those magazines like that are always ulta cool, ultra good looking, ultra rich, ultra interesting etc. I stopped reading magazines like that. Too depressing. Did you ever read Rangefinder (photo) magazine? Same deal with all the photog's profiled in it, and they profile about three photographer's each issue. You end up feeling like a looser when you read it. Funny thing about that mag, is that it is for general pro photograpers, and has nothing to do rangefinder cameras. They must have thought that Rangefinder was just a neat name for it.
 
I think Liecas are actually quite hard to use compared to auto focus DSLRs with highly advanced metering systems and zoom lenses. I wouldn't recommend a Leica to someone who didn't know photography well. People often ask if I would like a picture of myself at an event I'm photographing. Those photos almost never turn out (and not because I'm a vampire or anything).

Besides, rangefinders are losing their traditional ground. The new DSLRs are generally very quiet, starting to get very small (Rebel xt), and perform better in low-light than high ISO films.

I think it's more about enjoying the rangefinder personality these days.
 
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the backcover is a full page add for leica... why do you think it's their #1 pick... :bang: cuz they got paid.



gregg said:
The US edition of "Outside" Magazine's 2007 gift guide features a great shot of the M8 on its cover.

I guess it is listed #1 in their 75 objects of desire for active men with discriminating tastes.
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For the "Outside" crowd maybe Rangefinder is to cameras what Range Rover is to autos. (I don't think it is a coincidence that they both begin with the word "range", hmmmm)

More expensive and esoteric must be better. 😉

feenej said:
The people in all those magazines like that are always ulta cool, ultra good looking, ultra rich, ultra interesting etc. ... They must have thought that Rangefinder was just a neat name for it.
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Finder said:
Are you getting the feeling that the world is just for the rich. Who can buy an M8 as a gift?
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I came home from work and in the hall I found an empty Leica box. Mystified, I set it aside and went into the bathromm (as one does). As I whiled away the minutes I discovered a lens on the shelf. After more wandering about our house I found the M8.

It was my birthday and my wife had had a totally mental moment, bless her.

.... and we're certainly not rich!
 
sirius said:
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Besides, rangefinders are losing their traditional ground. The new DSLRs are generally very quiet, starting to get very small (Rebel xt), and perform better in low-light than high ISO films.
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Of course, one major stumbling block with nearly all those "very small" dSLRs is the deplorably dim view through the tunnel-vision finder. The bigger, pro dSLRs, of course, fare far better here, but then, there's the size and weight...


- Barrett
 
feenej said:
Did you ever read Rangefinder (photo) magazine? Same deal with all the photog's profiled in it, and they profile about three photographer's each issue. You end up feeling like a looser when you read it.
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Except that the current issue features a portrait photographer and all the sample images in his article are crappy at best.
 
Speenth said:
I came home from work and in the hall I found an empty Leica box. Mystified, I set it aside and went into the bathromm (as one does). As I whiled away the minutes I discovered a lens on the shelf. After more wandering about our house I found the M8.

It was my birthday and my wife had had a totally mental moment, bless her.

.... and we're certainly not rich!
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What a great story...you've got a wife there that many would envy!
 
"A lot of such magazines are read by city dwellers, who probably don't set foot on grass all year. Porn for the outdoors lifestyle. They make a lot of money, and have made a deal with the devil, so they have no time for "living," and get their jollies by watching sports or X-games on TV."

ok, the generalizing is getting a little thick in here.
 
Vic said:
A lot of such magazines are read by city dwellers, who probably don't set foot on grass all year. Porn for the outdoors lifestyle. They make a lot of money, and have made a deal with the devil, so they have no time for "living," and get their jollies by watching sports or X-games on TV. :bang:

Walter Mitty types, who drive around the city in gigantic SUVs with kangaroo bars (an absurd affectation imported from Australia). They wear the gear only to look cool (or rich). In the end it's all about getting laid. 😎

There was a blurb in one news website today saying that the average salary of a Manhattanite (New York City) is around $2,800 per week. Two weeks and they all have M8s.
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as a matter of fact this whole post is ludicrous...
 
Vic said:
There was a blurb in one news website today saying that the average salary of a Manhattanite (New York City) is around $2,800 per week. Two weeks and they all have M8s.
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Not at the rents/maintenance/mortgage fees a lot of these jokers are paying here (and I speak as a Manhattan expat). Hang around long enough and you realize how much, with few exceptions, the "living large" thing is largely smoke and mirrors.

But I haven't run into anyone toting an M8 just yet. Only a matter of time. 😉


- Barrett
 
sirius said:
I think Liecas are actually quite hard to use compared to auto focus DSLRs with highly advanced metering systems and zoom lenses. I wouldn't recommend a Leica to someone who didn't know photography well. People often ask if I would like a picture of myself at an event I'm photographing. Those photos almost never turn out (and not because I'm a vampire or anything).

Besides, rangefinders are losing their traditional ground. The new DSLRs are generally very quiet, starting to get very small (Rebel xt), and perform better in low-light than high ISO films.

I think it's more about enjoying the rangefinder personality these days.
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Are you serious? 😀

Actually, most people who don't know photography well don't get along well with a DSLR at all. WAY more complicated, and even the smallest DSLRs are too big for them. Give 'em an M3, OM-1, Pentax MX or Nikon FM and let 'em learn. :angel:
 
in my humble opinion DSLR's
are not the best cameras
they are too big too heavy and if we are talking about quality pics then there is only one camera that competes film the expensive hasselblad 32megpixels or whatever that cost a great deal of money
i use it once and the quality is really there
now if you don't want to spend tens of thousands
u get an M8 for digital and a lens
you spend another thousand to buy a used M6
because lets be honest you cannot compete with film
amd the most important think is :
that SIMPLY IT FITS I YOU POCKET
now photography is not rocket science
you get the hang of it fairly quickly
and you have the same quality with the Mark II

in my humble opinion thats why you buy a leica
 
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