Networking.

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This is a picture of Neil our Chairman and he is part of a story of how openBC worked for me personally.

Many of you have seen that I am a passionate photographer as well as a networker, what you probably don’t know is that I learned over 30 years ago on a type of camera called a rangefinder.

Now Leica camera have produced a digital rangefinder camera the M8 and it is simply the best piece of technology I have ever owned bar none it beast every gadget I have hands down it is better constructed than my swiss watch and looks cooler than my MacBook and it is more functional than my Ipod.

I have had this camera on order  for over a year at Leica bei Meister in Hamburg and even the talented Mr Meister could not procure one soon enough for me. So I turned to openBC and found that Leica have several active members on our site.

I shamelessly name dropped Neil, who used to be a Leica Board member, and I promised that I would only use my new M8 to do good works and the good folks at Leica listened and Yesterday filled my order through Martin Meister.

Yes I got the camera early because I was able to use my network of people to assist me and this is the point  openBC allowed me to do something which I could not have done before and it allowed me to do it in a way that was not intrusive and that has built up several new friendships and new connections and I will be a loyal Leica customer for ever now.

Here is the power of networking and everyone is happy.

If you want to see the photos from the new M8 Just click here Flickr / Liao and if you would like to read a more passionate review of the M8 just go to my review page here Tech Reviews

Thanks again Leica for improving my quality of life and thanks Neil for letting me name drop you in the service of one of my passions.