Very happy new M8 owner

JNewell said:
Totally agree. I was shocked at how good, and how much of an improvement in image quality, the M8 is compared to film Ms, which I've been using since 1972. The M9 may be great(er) - I hope it is - but I didn't toss my M3 when the M5 came out.
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I particularly like the exposure latitude I get from the RAW files. It has transformed the way I work. Quite a revelation.
 
Up to 99% of all M8 users were/are well happy.

The remaining 1+% bitch like hell on the internerd, and their voices are multiplied by an order of magnitude (or two) by those who've never used one...

Cheers,

R. (M8 user since 2006)
 
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I'm excited this might put an M8 into my budget in about 6 months or so. This is a good thing for Leica... they need a younger generation to get their hands on a Leica product...
 
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I am also an owner of the Apple iPod Touch 2nd Generation, which I just bought inspite of knowing that a new model with camera is out also on 9/9/09. Who needs the camera? I have the M8 which is much superior than any Apple camera. And the iPod Touch G2 is probably slimmer and lighter than the G3.
 
rxmd said:
Oh no! How can you be happy with a camera that will be completely obsolete (OBSOLETE!) when the successor model will be presented tomorrow, literally! ;)
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Quite simple... I am going to convince my beloved-other to buy one for me!!

:D

Seriously, this is my plan.
 
Well, Roger, I haven't used it for 13 years, but the last 3 years have been quite good. :)

I'm quite happy with my M8's, and while I would like to use some lenses like the WATE and 21 Lux on the M9, in general I don't see a need to upgrade. I'll wait a while until the dust settles a bit.

Henning
 
HenningW said:
I'm quite happy with my M8's, and while I would like to use some lenses like the WATE and 21 Lux on the M9, in general I don't see a need to upgrade. I'll wait a while until the dust settles a bit.

Henning
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My plan also. I'm relatively confident an M9 is in my future, but not until I can get a demo. Staying one generation behind has worked just fine for me throughout the entire time I've been shooting digital. The M8, being the first of its kind (had an RD1 but didn't care for it at all) was an exception, for which I paid dearly in depreciation. I won't be selling it, just keeping as a backup eventually. It's already taken the biggest hit in depreciation and avoiding another $1000 drop isn't compeling enough for me to dump it.

Interestingly, my 12, 15 and 21mm lenses have seen much more regular use on the M8 than on film, and I suspect that will revert to being the case whenever I do get an M9.
 
Roger Hicks said:
Up to 99% of all M8 users were/are well happy.

The remaining 1+% bitch like hell on the internerd, and their voices are multiplied by an order of magnitude (or two) by those who've never used one...

Cheers,

R. (M8 user since 2006)
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Roger,

A lot of people have very high expectations when buying very much a high priced niche camera from a company with the Leica heritage, as well they should.

I bought mine a little more than a year ago, and was genuinely put off a bit with some of the things that I thought should have been taken care of before I got it. Not big things, but the grease on the sensor out of the box, and a huge blue cast when I was shooting any dark subject with correct exposure compensation, uncertainty with lens compatibility.

I had read your review in Shutterbug before I decided to buy, had handled a demo at the local shop with the Leica Rep present, who refused to let me mount any non Leica glass, and soon after took the plunge. I found the 12mm CV worked, the DR Summicron did not, and the 1.2 35mm CV needed a trip to the technician with a $100 part swap.

It cost me time to get my shop to wet clean the sensor several times to acceptably remove what ever grease was on it, and time + significant cash to send it back for cleaning, adjustment, upgrades, and whatever they did to it. (I think the invoice basically said they fixed the camera.)

I now know that these were common problems, but my expectation with a company like Leica was that these bugs should have been worked out in the first year or so of production, they are Leica.

I have also struggled a bit with the frame lines.

I did not scream to high heaven, but it did take some work, time, and getting used to the camera, perhaps a small amount of quiet despair and low level screaming is to be expected, especially in an environment in which everything seems to be more important than it actually is, and too much is just enough everywhere or is it just here?

Bumps in the road, I just expected a more finely tuned suspension with Leica.

I am sure you had your suggestions when they asked your opinion of the Demo models when they first put them in your hands. ;-)

Am not sure what percentage this puts me in, well it is not all caps, but I hope you allow me a bit of disappointment with an otherwise pretty good camera. ;-)

And I am going to the local dog and pony show tomorrow at the Dealer to see what is new?


Regards, John
 
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