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The R8 looks clunky, but it handles very well, from my one-day experience.
Howerver, it's mechanical reliability is questionable from reports that I've
read. It's a shame that Leica has continued to pour resources into the R line,
which has a very questionable future, although specactular lenses. The digital
back for the R9 is a boondoggle, IMO; a waste of scarce R&D resources. And the
Digital M, when/if it shows up, will cost a fortune for something that is 3
years behind the times. Recent speculations say $6k for the body!
It's as if Leica is a blindfolded rider on a thoroughbread, running with the
best equipment, but not knowing where they're going.
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>Subject: [OM] Re: Changing Perceptions
> From: Jim Brokaw <jbrokaw@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> Date: Wed, 18 Feb 2004 21:37:41 -0800
> To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxx>
>
>on 2/18/04 1:54 PM, Winsor Crosby at wincros@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
>
>>
>> It is funny how your perceptions change. I started many years ago when
>> I was young and in the US Army in Germany with a Leica M3 which I grew
>> to love. When it was stolen many years later I could no longer afford
>> to replace it with the latest one. I had a brief fling with mechanical
>> Canon F1n which I disliked almost as much as I liked the Leica.
>> Although I was able to take pictures that pleased me with it, it was
>> awkward, clunky and heavy. Although it was built like a tank a small
>> bump that did not leave a mark on the finish destroyed the meter. The
>> OM4T was a wonderful experience and it was a perfect size. I looked at
>> the evolution of the Leica R8 and was amazed at how big and clumsy it
>> looked. Now after being interested for a while in digital and handling
>> a representative sample of them I just saw a pic of the Leica R9
>> enlarged by a mockup of the digital back and bottom and it did not look
>> so big at all. Funny.
>>
>> http://www.dpreview.com/articles/pma2004/Leica/DSC_1994.jpg
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>>
>> Winsor
>> Long Beach, CA
>> USA
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>The Leica R8/R9 body looks big, but it fit into my hands very well, and
>handled excellently. I sure can't afford one, but IMO the design is every
>bit as good or better than the Canon EOS or Nikon F5 for handling... and I
>think its slightly more compact as well. The R8 I handled didn't have the
>'carved from a block of steel' feel of my older IIIg or M3 Leicas... but
>then, neither do the OM's, sad but true.
>--
>
>Jim Brokaw
>OM-'s of all sorts, and no OM-oney...
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