Should I buy x100 or go on saving for M8?

[klapka]

Ok, finaly I have changed my mind.
I went for my 2 week family vacation to Egypt with a strong believe "X-100 is not for me". But there I gave it a better thought have read a lot of forums and have changed my oppinion to "X-100 is too expensive" as my local shop had 2 cameras sitting on a shelf for the price of 1500$. Having returned back I went to that shop just to give the camera a glance and saw a new price - 1200$. Took two more days for thinking all over.. and X-100 has won. Decided to get one and start saving for M9 instead of M8. When I came back to that shop intending to buy it I faced a new surprising price - it went down to 1000$. That's what I was happy to pay for that camera. The manager told me they have recieved 2 cameras in june but have sold none that is why they have reduced the price twice. He said that lots of people came to see the X-100, said, they liked it, but then bought various DSLRs instead.. Strange..

 

[klapka]

Now.. two more words about the camera itself: I liked it!
It is no way a replacement for M8 (as I thought it could be), M9 or any film Leica - because it is so much different and shooting it is different. But in this difference by itself the X-100 is as good as one may dream of. It's fun to use and it fits my basic criterion for any camera: I want to soot with it every time I think of it. A great camera indeed.
My very first test shots:

 

[David_Manning]

I've been thinking about the X100 since it was announced. Functionally, it's like a Nikon D300S in a rangefinder body. Of course, it's not as fast, but neither was my M6. I say "was" because after paying another hefty bill for color processing and scanning (family vacation), I said enough. I sold the M6 kit and went X100.

Here are two samples. The b&w was converted in Nik SilverEfex Pro 2 to have HP5-like grain, the color was just a RAW file from Aperture 3.x:

 

[dseelig]

I have heard but heard but not knownfor myelf that heliopan filters do not get the stray refections.