The Leica M8 is on it's way - Getting one?

Depends on image quality. No doube Leica will produce an elegant camera (as
always) but if the image quality isn't a step up from what I'm using now (a
5D), nah.

"John A. Stovall" wrote in message
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We will finally get an digital M body Leica and there will be a
quality digital rangefinder available.

I'm ready to get on and three new lenses to use with it since the 1.3
crop sensor will require a different line up than the basic three of
the film bodies.

My lens picks a

75/f2.0 APO Summicron

35/f2.0 Summicron Aspherical

Zeiss ZM 21mm f/2.8

On Sat, 12 Aug 2006 18:26:07 -0400, Kinon O'cann wrote:

Depends on image quality. No doube Leica will produce an elegant camera (as
always) but if the image quality isn't a step up from what I'm using now (a
5D), nah.

How about the same image quality, but with 1/2 the size and weight
and 2x the price?

"ASAAR" wrote in message
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On Sat, 12 Aug 2006 18:26:07 -0400, Kinon O'cann wrote:

Depends on image quality. No doube Leica will produce an elegant camera
(as
always) but if the image quality isn't a step up from what I'm using now
(a
5D), nah.

How about the same image quality, but with 1/2 the size and weight
and 2x the price?

Nope. The size and weight of the 5D don't really bother me, and there's no
way I'd spend over $5K on a Leica M8. Of course, my opinion may change if
and when I actually see and hold the M8. There's always the chance it offers
something special. I haven't even seen any viral info yet.