M8 alternative for my girlfriend

[leffe]

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The M8 is my favourite camera because of its absence of automatic programs et cetera. What other, cheaper digital camera, which is as well reduced to a minimum of automatic gadgets and size would you recommend?

[epand56]

Does it exist one? I think you'll end up on a G10 or a DLux4 or a Ricoh GR

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[Bo_Lorentzen]

My girlfriend uses the D-lux frequently, but she prefers the Panasonic G1.

[andit]

Why not get a refurbished Epson RD-1. Then you can share lenses. It has a much lower cost than the M8, and many members here enjoy using it. Plus it is just as mechanical as the M8 - actually more so - it has a manual frame advance lever, something I wish the M8 had.

 

Andreas

[jaapv]

My wife loves to use a Digilux2. But the d-Lux4 gets used as well, I notice.With viewfinder.

[chocy0924]

My wife used to use Canon XSi which she never carried. Santa got her Pani LX3 (D-Lux 4 equivalant) and she loves it....

[Fotomiguel]

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Pana Lx3. I bought one for my wife. The question is how interested in photography is she? The instruccions and manuals have to be read. After two months, my wife didn't even open the instruccions's book. She shoot in a kind of intelligent auto mode , so the results are normally poor.

The camara is quite good for the price. Lens 24-60 f2-2.8, raw and easy manual controls. Good results after practicing a little. The problem are: no viewfinder and no aperture ring in the lens. So, I hate to work this way.

Cheers.

[Guest stnami]

So you selected the m8 as an alternative to a girlfriend........... either brave or stupid:D

[fant]

Pana LX-3

[carbonadam]

The G10 is decent, looks nice and is cheap on Amazon.