denoir wrote:
Hehe. So the only choice is to be a fanboy a satisfied long term user or somebody who got the camera for the wrong reason? You don\'t think that there is a category of say users that see both strengths and weaknesses of the system? You seem to rule out that there are users with legitimate grievances which by your own definition would put you in the \"Leica can do no wrong\" category
Well, no..., now you are the one who is projecting I mean only generally satisfied, i.e. sees a place for the camera in their kit, and are satisfied with it for specific uses. Some people use only Leica M cameras, others add a DSLR.
We all complain about it from time to time though, mostly because of various rangefinder limitations, or the hard-to-believe fact that it is often necessary to send a 3500 Euro lens back to Solms once, and occasionally even twice, to get it adjusted properly. I had to send back my 50 Lux ASPH three times. The first time it was focusing problems similar to yours and stiff focusing, then it came back with a loose aperture and focusing ring, IIRC, and then it had a stiff aperture ring. My other lenses were perfect though. My 28 Cron has amazingly tactile and perfect operation. My 90AA is near perfect, just a little looseness in the aperture ring, but it is an older lens I bought second-hand. At some point I will send it in to have it coded and the aperture ring made slightly stiffer.
At the moment, another reason I am not using my M8 is that the photography I am doing when I find a little time often makes use of close focusing.
Thanks for your comments about my Egypt photos. I did get a few that I really like, but I see others where I could have exposed or processed much better, and when you have taken a possibly once-in-a-lifetime trip like this, it is hard not to feel a little frustrated about that.
denoir wrote:
Hehe. So the only choice is to be a fanboy a satisfied long term user or somebody who got the camera for the wrong reason? You don\'t think that there is a category of say users that see both strengths and weaknesses of the system? You seem to rule out that there are users with legitimate grievances which by your own definition would put you in the \"Leica can do no wrong\" category
Well, no..., now you are the one who is projecting I mean only generally satisfied, i.e. sees a place for the camera in their kit, and are satisfied with it for specific uses. Some people use only Leica M cameras, other add a DSLR.
We all complain about it from time to time though, mostly because of various rangefinder limitations, or the hard-to-believe fact that it is often necessary to send a 3500 Euro lens back to Solms once, and occasionally even twice, to get it adjusted properly. I had to send back my 50 Lux ASPH three times. The first time it was focusing problems similar to yours and stiff focusing, then it came back with a loose aperture and focusing ring, IIRC, and then it had a stiff aperture ring. My other lenses were perfect though. My 28 Cron has amazingly tactile and perfect operation. My 90AA is near perfect, just a little looseness in the aperture ring, but it is an older lens I bought second-hand. At some point I will send it in to have it coded and the aperture ring made slightly stiffer.
At the moment, another reason I am not using my M8 is that the photography I am doing when I find a little time often makes use of close focusing.
Thanks for your comments about my Egypt photos. I did get a few that I really like, but I see others where I could have exposed or processed much better, and when you have taken a possibly once-in-a-lifetime trip like this, it is hard not to feel a little frustrated about that.
You don\'t think that there is a category of say users that see both strengths and weaknesses of the system? You seem to rule out that there are users with legitimate grievances which by your own definition would put you in the \"Leica can do no wrong\" category 
I mean only generally satisfied, i.e. sees a place for the camera in their kit, and are satisfied with it for specific uses. Some people use only Leica M cameras, others add a DSLR.