There is no easy way around this - the Leica M8 IS a lovely camera.? But it's not for the same work as a Pentax DSLR. Can you imagine shooting soccer game (with a 170-500mm zoom) with a M8?
I think Lieca is for (rich) people who occationally take pictures, while travelling, on business trips, a walk in the park etc. People who want to SHOW they want nothing but the very best. A 15mm lens will require s special viewfinder, the flash automatics are complicated, the WB-system is so sofisticated my photodealer can't figure it out. It's not really just a nice tool for photographing, its' a life style, a status symbol. Take the M8 for a ride in your Porche, and bring it to the theatre, the opera, the exhibition etc. - whereever you go to enjoy life. People buy an M8 for the same resons you buy a Porche, Ferrari or BMW. Take your Pentax to the ballgame, the beach, the hike, anywhere you go - to take pictures. The SLR/DSLR is the choise of photographers. People buy a DSLR to take pictures. Regards Jens Bladt http://www.jensbladt.dk +45 56 63 77 11 +45 23 43 85 77 Skype: jensbladt248 -----Oprindelig meddelelse----- Fra: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] vegne af Juan Buhler Sendt: 14. april 2007 02:34 Til: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Emne: Please unenable me! As some of you know, I've been missing my Leica rangefinder since I returned to Pentax in 2004 with an istD. Now, I wasn't really thinking seriously about buying an M8 until today, when two things happened: I realized I'm getting a nice tax refund that I wasn't counting on (I know, it was my money all the time, but still), and I saw the camera, in stock at K&S in Palo Alto (I won't buy there btw, they always treat me pretty badly.) Please, help me save $5000 and stay on the Pentax side... Or, help me rationalize this crazy purchase :) j -- Juan Buhler - http://www.jbuhler.com photoblog: http://photoblog.jbuhler.com a book: http://www.jbuhler.com/book.html -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.446 / Virus Database: 269.4.0/759 - Release Date: 04/12/2007 19:58 -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.446 / Virus Database: 269.4.0/760 - Release Date: 04/13/2007 20:04 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
