Leica: Message to the customers of the LEICA M8

[scott kirkpatrick]

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There was a post in the Rangefinder Forum that stated (not confirmed) that about 1,500 cameras were shipped in the first round.

 

DH

I heard the same number (1500) from a store owner, but he may have been recycling the same post.

 

scott

[snorthwood]

The unanswered question in the message from Leica regarding the IR issue with the M8 is if this remedy is a short or long-term fix? I am curious to hear what other readers think Leica will do in the long term? If I am not mistaken the solution is in re-engineering the sensor or updating the M8 to accommodate some type of IR filter in the M8 housing? I am certain Leica will not discuss this option since it will depress sales of the current M8 and risk the financial health of the company. The question remains, is Leica working a better solution?

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[grober]

One of the guests at the T-Day feast yesterday was a working pro who uses Nikon DLSRs in his PJ work (people events and some sports shooting). He fondled my M8 quite a bit, going through all the menus. Understandably, he didn't like the (1) lack of auto-focus, (2) lack of zoom and (3) lack of battery life (from the history I described so far.)

 

He shoots everything to JPG and spends as little time as possible in PhotoShop to finish the selected files, then either e-mail or physically deliver on CDs the results to his customer. "Time on the computer costs me money so I minimize it. If I'm not shooting, I'm not making money," he declared.

 

To each his own...

 

-g