Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/05/21
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]A small lens or piece of tape isn't going to hide the face that the camera body itself is bigger than my face. Believe me, I tried. Also I wasn't too enamored with any of the current Nikon prime offerings; 35/50 on FF don't work well for me (but I can quite happily shoot all day with either on the M8) and the 85 doesn't focus that accurately wide open at longer distances, besides being huge. At least in this part of the world, people ignore my M8 as a vintage curiosity held together by black electrical tape... And don't forget part of my income is derived from reviewing cameras. I've used pretty much every DSLR back to 2001, a good chunk of the film Nikons back to the original F, and I've lost count of how many point and shoots. I've done camera beta testing. I've destroyed more shutters and cameras through overuse (at the last count, three D2H shutters, a D70, and two D200s) than most people have owned cameras. To me, equipment is a tool to be used, and if it isn't letting you do what you want to, it's time for a swap. I did retain all of my lenses and a D90 body for macro work against the day Nikon does a digital FM3A... In any case, I prefer to let my work speak for itself. Ming On May 22, 2009, at 1:14 PM, Mark Rabiner wrote: > You might try putting a piece of black tape over the D3 logo and > not using a > lens with a 72mm filter size. They make dozens of normal looking > prime > lenses which don't look much like ground to air missile launchers. > Maybe a 24mm 2.8. > > I've shot thousands of pictures with an M6 both silver and black and > hundreds of thousands with Nikons and people don't really react all > that > differently when you point one or the other at them. > Its easier for them to see you're taken their picture with an SLR > as they > can see the automatic apertures move if you've stopped down. > > It would be different if someone bought camera B and then realized > they were > not using camera A very much at all so they finally parted with it. > Gear swapping I'm afraid I'm not so fond of. > It usually results in results you never see. > > > > Mark William Rabiner > > > >> From: Thein Onn Ming <mingthein at gmail.com> >> Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> >> Date: Fri, 22 May 2009 13:01:57 +0800 >> To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> >> Subject: Re: [Leica] a quick hello >> >> To concentrate more on street/ PJ. The D3 is just too conspicuous; >> subjects react like hostages when a weapon is pointed at them. I can >> still do my architectural work with the M8 too. >> >> On May 22, 2009, at 12:45 PM, Mark Rabiner wrote: >> >>> You I traded your D3 for an M8 to shoot what? >>> >>> >>> Mark William Rabiner >>> > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information THEIN Onn Ming *photohorologer ming at www.mingthein.com www.flickr.com/mingthein