Bought a Leica today

[Glen]

for my daughter Seems they can still suck a few dollars out of a wanker like me for a big name on a japanese camera. Smallest, cheapest they make and I feel I am vicariously feeding my desire for a M8 through my daughter


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[Yi-P]

I am vicariously feeding my desire for a M8 through my daughter

Getting a "mate" through your daughter?

Go Glen, go get one

[wendellt]

sometimes a leica is just a leica

bastardised sigmund freud quote

[Glen]

Yip, a M8 like this http://www.mainlinephoto.com.au/webcontent37.htm with the $7k body price tag, then again I do like some of my daughters M8s

Well put Wendell

[wendellt]

handsome camera

but for that price id rath-rrrr buy a 2nd d2x

[gstark]

Where was that made, m8?

[Glen]

Made in Japan, but they make you feel very German with austere silver packaging with black labels,etc. It is the Panasonic unit with a Leica lens and colour management and image processing. Reading reviews and looking at samples showed quite a bit of difference between them as there should be with the price difference, $850 rrp for a 7mp P&S, still the cheapest Leica I will ever own.

Daughter was smart enough to realise she needed a wide angle lens, this had 28mm so suited.

[Geoff]

Nice looking P&S Glen
I'm sure Brooke will be happy.

[Glen]

Brooke was happy Geoff, disappointing thing for me is that she didn't know what a Leica was! She actually said "It's not a Canon" as recommended by her workmates, I told her to message all these pro photogs and tell them she has a Leica

[Geoff]

Hehehe..."I got a Leica today" perhaps leave out the P&S bit

[sirhc55]

I’m surprised that Brooke did not say ”it’s not pink”

[Glen]

Funny Chris, you got her preferred colour in one! She did say she loves the retro look