Typical use of M8?

[jaapv]

Well ....... Winogrand used 28mm on his M to shoot animals in the zoo with great succes as we all know😎 😀

My succes might be pretty limited, as I'd be eaten or stomped or chomped before I'd pressed the shutter😛 😱

 

[PikesPeak]

Believe that main users will be (in the USA) doctors, lawyers, etc.

 

[inuaart]

My apologies, "typical use" is a legitimate question. It was "typical user" I thought silly to define.

Sorry

Yes and my English is not so... good!:bang: . It was "use" I was after.
Ole G.

 

[gogopix]

Loves people, natural, street scenes occasional dog or cat, preferably fighting. Hates flash, posed 'candids' and sunsets. 😛

 

[Grober]

Here's an additional reason: to stick it in the face of all my ignorant friends who think Leica shooters are very backward and who have so repeatedly bludgeoned me with their noisy Canon or Nikon DSLRs these past four years!

Come-upance is sure going to be fun!

-g

 

[sgy1962]

Same type of users you'll find using film rangefinders.

 

[sgy1962]

The artist who sees photography as art

The problem I have with this answer is that it ties artistic creation to the tool. Talk to any true artist -- as opposed to an entertainer or someone who is image conscious -- and they will tell you that the tool is largely irrelevant . It's just a means to an end. This should be especially true today where there are so many photographic options. An artist can get the same output with a high quality digital point and shoot then he can with an M8. There are many valid reasons to buy an M8. Just don't tell me it's necessary.

 

[sgy1962]

Here's the answer: a film rangefinder user or former one who hasn't found a digital option yet, except for maybe the R-D1.

 

[sgy1962]

Believe that main users will be (in the USA) doctors, lawyers, etc.

That's a truth of the cost of the product. That is also probably true for all highend photography gear. It's not something unique to Leica. But that's why Leica brought out some of these other digital options (e.g., V-Lux 1).

 

[sgy1962]

An interesting question.

I would risk to venture these thoughts: Leica M _*users* (as opposed to mere purchasers) share a number of traits which include a passionate love of photogrpahy as a narrative art for (as distinct from the purely aesthetic), an intense interest in the human condition (both in its more extreme and quotident iterations), a fetishistic love of beautifully conceived and executed machines coupled, ironically, with goal of having as little technological mediation between their eye and the subject, a dichotomy which also takes shape in a desire to be unburdened by their camera equipment while milly being obsessed about realizing maximum image quality.

Leica users also tend to be either sufficiently dedicated to these goals to make the sacrifices necessary to afford their tools of choice, or are successful enough in their endeavours to do so.

- N.

That pretty much nails the majority of the group, I would think.

 

[HAnkg]

I think you will see a lot of pros in the fields of photojournalism, event and travel photography returning to Leica now that it has a credible digital option. For most it will be the discreet wide angle addition to their DSLR kit, for some it might enable a return to rangefinder as primary tool.

If it can best or even match 800 ISO color negative (which is very grainy and not very high res compared to 100 ISO trans film) - with a fast lens that delivers quality wide open and no mirror slap- it would also provide a unique available light option. I think though that Leica should consider anti-shake technology as this would really stretch the low light capabilities at higher quality ISO's.

 

[Ben Z]

Quote:
Originally Posted by PikesPeak
Believe that main users will be (in the USA) doctors, lawyers, etc.


That's a truth of the cost of the product. That is also probably true for all highend photography gear. It's not something unique to Leica. But that's why Leica brought out some of these other digital options (e.g., V-Lux 1).

That's a misconception based on a working-class stereotype that doctors, dentists and lawyers are all wealthy and in to "conspicuous consumption". In the USA there are millions of business owners and entrepreneurs who handily out-earn the average doctor, dentist or lawyer. I know 17 people personally who are on waiting lists for the M8 and of them only one is a (retired) lawyer. Of course to be fair, none of them is a professional photographer 😀