wda Posted November 24, 2006 Share #1 Posted November 24, 2006 Advertisement (gone after registration) Forum members, There are consumers who queue for the latest release of Windows software or pre-order the latest car. Likewise there are photographers who order a new product blind, often before the final specification has been declared or demo versions are available at their dealers. Invariably they are driven by the desire to be first with the latest product and give hardly a thought for the early production gremlins possibly hidden within. I confess I belong to the cautious camp and, commitments permitting, tend to wait until the gremlins have been fixed or the product replaced. With something as important as a new camera it is essential for me to study learned reports and hold and operate it before making up my mind to spend money. The new M8 looks like being a milestone achievement for Leica. However reports suggest that it needs a little more development before it delivers all it promises as some members have report in the forum. I wonder what proportion of Leica forum users share my slightly cautious view? David Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Advertisement Posted November 24, 2006 Posted November 24, 2006 Hi wda, Take a look here Is it wise to be an early bird?Is it wise to be an early bird?. I'm sure you'll find what you were looking for!
abrewer Posted November 24, 2006 Share #2 Posted November 24, 2006 David, I think you've won the trophy for "Most Tags" on a post! Early adopters and people who fancy being the "only one on the block with..." usually do a fair amount of "working the bugs out" for the rest of us who sit back for awhile. Nothing new about that. My dad always told me never to buy a car in its first model year; advice I still follow. Thanks. Allan Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
telyt Posted November 24, 2006 Share #3 Posted November 24, 2006 I remember the R3, R4 and M4-2's initial troubles, and even the SL had a few small upgrades before it reached perfection. "Early adopters" is another way of saying "beta testers". Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bill Posted November 24, 2006 Share #4 Posted November 24, 2006 Interesting thread. If I think about it. my willingness to be an early adopter is inversely proportional to both the amount I have to invest and the risk inherent to me in failure of the product. Accordingly, nothing would possess me to buy (for example) an M8 before far more technically-able and solvent photographers than me had given it a damn good shaking. I'm not sitting back and gloating - far from it - but I am glad that I wasn't in the first wave. To put this into proportion, I was one of the first in the UK with an M7 - swapped out for battery drain problems - and a CM - swapped out three times for power problems - so I am hardly a complete luddite. On the other hand I am one of two people at work trialling a Palm Treo 750v. It has cost me nothing, and my data etc is safely backed up. I am happy to be on the bleeding edge for that one. Regards, Bill Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
nikau Posted November 25, 2006 Share #5 Posted November 25, 2006 My dad always told me never to buy a car in its first model year; advice I still follow. Thanks. Allan I follow that good advice with almost everything, cameras included! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
albert Posted November 25, 2006 Share #6 Posted November 25, 2006 On the great plains of North America it is said that : "The pioneers got the arrows and the settlers got the land." Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guy_mancuso Posted November 25, 2006 Share #7 Posted November 25, 2006 Advertisement (gone after registration) I guess i am a pig that likes new mud. I have done this 4 times in recent history. The Canon 1dsMKII, 1dMKII, DMR and now I still jump off the tall building with no net the M8. Either I am one sick SOB or i just love the pain of it all:D Not sure what to think about this but i certainly hope you guys learn something from my experiences. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rona!d Posted November 25, 2006 Share #8 Posted November 25, 2006 The old story of flirting with virgins Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
lars_bergquist Posted November 25, 2006 Share #9 Posted November 25, 2006 "It is the early worm that gets caught by the bird." Don't be an early worm. The old man who is an early birdwatcher Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest stnami Posted November 25, 2006 Share #10 Posted November 25, 2006 shot duck Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bill Posted November 25, 2006 Share #11 Posted November 25, 2006 Actually my favourite is "The early bird catches the worm but it's the second mouse that gets the cheese..." Regards, Bill Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest stnami Posted November 25, 2006 Share #12 Posted November 25, 2006 So what happened to the first mouse Bill? I mean not the mouse called Bill but... the mouse Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rob_x2004 Posted November 25, 2006 Share #13 Posted November 25, 2006 Snap. Once. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rob_x2004 Posted November 25, 2006 Share #14 Posted November 25, 2006 Actually it is a rather ribald comic, that, the second mouse ... Ummm ... Anyway it is the third mouse that gets the cheese. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael-IIIf Posted November 25, 2006 Share #15 Posted November 25, 2006 David, Good point. One of countless examples: I bought one of the first wireless routers back in early 2001. It cost me over GBP £300 for what can now be bettered for a mere GBP £60. It was, and still is, a bitch to set up; they have become much more user-friendly. But the positive side is I've enjoyed wireless connectivity for five years when some are only now moving over to it. I probably will get an M8, but I might try and force myself to resist until at least the M8.1. Michael Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
stunsworth Posted November 25, 2006 Share #16 Posted November 25, 2006 But the positive side is I've enjoyed wireless connectivity for five years when some are only now moving over to it One of my neighbours - don't know who - has recently installed a wireless router and left it completly open. Handy to know in an emergency if mine blows up :-) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jlancasterd Posted November 25, 2006 Share #17 Posted November 25, 2006 One of my neighbours - don't know who - has recently installed a wireless router and left it completly open. Handy to know in an emergency if mine blows up :-) You're lucky - here in the Welsh wild west our 3-foot thick stone walls mean that we can't even get a signal at the other end of the house... I've also held off ordering an M8 and certainly won't place an order for one until after Christmas, probably late January or February, when I stand a chance of getting a new one with the upgrades installed on the production line. In the meantime I'm happy with my R8+DMR and am slowly gathering the lenses, etc, that I will need for the M8. So far I've managed to get almost everything I want mint, used, from dealers. (15mm, 28mm, 50mm lenses and SF24D) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
haris Posted November 25, 2006 Share #18 Posted November 25, 2006 Delboy would tell something like: "Who wake up early, feels sleepy whole day" In one word, when new products are issue, usually NO. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jamie Roberts Posted November 25, 2006 Share #19 Posted November 25, 2006 I guess i am a pig that likes new mud. I have done this 4 times in recent history. The Canon 1dsMKII, 1dMKII, DMR and now I still jump off the tall building with no net the M8. Either I am one sick SOB or i just love the pain of it all:D Not sure what to think about this but i certainly hope you guys learn something from my experiences. Guy--the only one I held back on so far was the DMR, and you did that to me I'm liking the palpable advantages the M8 has for event shooting, foks. Sometimes pioneers--though hurting from the arrows, stake a pretty good claim nonetheless Besides, though I was on a waiting list, it was Sean and Michael R. and Guy who convinced me the thing was going to be special. And it is special... in business-pleasing ways, too Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wda Posted November 25, 2006 Author Share #20 Posted November 25, 2006 David, I think you've won the trophy for "Most Tags" on a post! Thanks. Allan Allan I wonder whether my prize is due the amount of time I have spent recently keywording hundreds of images in my catalogue software? However, that doesn't explain how I managed to get a double title. I could do without that trick. Also, as you can see I share the views of both your and Mr Brewer Senior. David Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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