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You just have to give them unique names, Jono.
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Here I have to come clean, there are, actually, 3 of me:You just have to give them unique names, Jono.
It could have been worse, it was my first demonstration with Silas (new employee, old son) in tow, He had made all the contacts with the customer, but we hadn't quoted them. We did a double act, haggled a bit, and they bought the software on the spot. This has only happened to me once before.Jono
you have the perfect excuse - having to be be in Aberdeen AND doing computer demos in December is enough drive anyone to misery and despair .... I at least arranged that my last demo of the year is in Cairo next week
Hmmm sounds like an M8 to me!All I want is a light tight box with wonderful optics i can easily carry and quickly use..
Leica could give me the optics.. why not the rest
Jono,Your assessment seems to me to be simply a precis of the bitching which has gone around the internet, and to me it just suggests that you haven't spent enough time with one (why should you . . but if you haven't I'm not sure that you have the credentials for a meaningful panning). . . . . . and when you speak of G9's and LX3's in the same breath, I'm pretty certain I'm right.
We can agree on the peace and love though!
Comparing the G1 to G10 and GRDII is no worse or better than comparing those with the M8.The G1 has me intrigued enough to sell off the G10 & GRD II that have been languishing in my travel bag and get a G1.
I think the square golden L can be replaced with a red M.As regards a Leica m4/3rds camera - sure, slap a red dot and Leica nameplate on the G1 but produce some m4/3rds Leica design lenses!
Well, Thank you for agreeing with me, but I wouldn't class Kevin as a bystander exactly. I think he worded it pretty well, but of course, we DO agree, and the criticisms certainly sound as if they're based in sentiment rather than experience.Jono,
I think you nailed it. Just another M8 rant from a bystander ... nothing new of interest here. :thumbdown: If folks so prescriptive of how bad the M8 is actually used them then these comments would have more credibility.
it's been said a lot since of course.It is a good thing to follow the first law of holes; if you are in one, stop digging.
[1988 D. Healey Observer in J. Care (ed.) Sayings of the Eighties]
How does it go?jono
ok we agree to differ... lets get back to taking photos...
best wishes for the festive season
K
I do not think I meant it that way. But as an M8 owner if that is how it comes across to you, Jono, I am happy to be of help!Vivek
I quite agree M8 is to the G1 what the G1 is to the G10/G200.
At least, in terms of image sophistication.
Nor I. The era of coupled rangefinder is over.I will not buy a digital range finder (red dot, blue dot whatever) ever again.
Funny, I said the same thing to myself the other day.Nor I. The era of coupled rangefinder is over.
The G1 is the modern Barnack.
I will not buy a digital range finder (red dot, blue dot whatever) ever again.
Nor I. The era of coupled rangefinder is over.
The G1 is the modern Barnack.
Oh! I quite agree with you all about the era of the coupled rangefinder being over, just not that the M8 is a disaster (these are not the same thing).Barnack was a true innovator. Both the use of cine film in a small still camera, and (later) the coupled rangefinder were the cutting edge of technology when he adopted them.
He would have shaken his head over the trend to "embalm" these technologies today, still talking of "full frame" sensors and the absolute superiority of optical coincidence rangefinders.
Been talking to him, have you? I just find it funny when people tear dead people out of their graves to prove their arguments. It is a very popular pastime in US politics -- "The founding fathers wouldn't have supported gun control, the founding fathers don't think gays should marry etc etc" Who knows what Oskar Barnack would have liked? He could have been an old curmudgeon who refused to use anything other than his Leica IIIf, or maybe he would be a wedding videographer! Who cares?He would have shaken his head over the trend to "embalm" these technologies today, still talking of "full frame" sensors and the absolute superiority of optical coincidence rangefinders.
Today, he would have designed a GREAT new camera using the same kind of EVF and focussing aids that the G1 is using.....:salute: