Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/10/04
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]incredible photos of the cheetahs Jayanand... ! Steve On Oct 4, 2009, at 8:39 PM, Jayanand Govindaraj wrote: > Wendy, > Welcome to the list from a place a little closer to where you are... > Jayanand Govindaraj > Chennai, India > > On Sun, Oct 4, 2009 at 10:59 PM, Steve Barbour <steve.barbour at gmail.com > >wrote: > >> On Oct 4, 2009, at 1:13 AM, Wendy Thurman wrote: >> >>> I recently joined the list and would like to thank you all for >>> making the >>> resource available- there is a huge amount of information here! >>> I do not own a Leica but I am looking to purchase one of the new >>> M9's when >>> they become available. I've shot film with M3's and M6's so am >>> not a >>> complete stranger to Leica rangefinders; I wouldn't be averse to a >>> film >>> camera but I am working in Afghanistan and don't want to deal with >>> processing film here. Digital is the only practical solution for >>> me at >>> this >>> time. My photography revolves largely around people and street >>> scenes and >>> I >>> know this is where the Leica cameras really shine. Long a Nikon >>> shooter, >>> my >>> beloved D700 won't be disposed of- it does a lot of things very >>> well, >>> particularly low light- but quite frankly the weight of the camera >>> and a >>> few >>> lenses is becoming annoying. >>> While waiting for the M9 to become available (I buy through B&H as >>> they >>> deliver here very quickly, I'd like to buy at least one lens. The >>> 35 >>> Summicron Aspherical is currently in the shopping cart; the 50/1.4 >>> Summilux >>> Aspherical is what I was thinking about as a "first lens" but it is >>> currently not in stock at B&H. Any opinions or thoughts you might >>> have on >>> the subject of "first lens" would be appreciated. >>> Afghanistan is, photographically, a very rich environment and I >>> hope to be >>> able to contribute something interesting to the list and perhaps the >>> gallery... >>> >> >> hi Wendy and welcome... I look forward to seeing your photos from >> Afghanistan, using the M9, and experiences with it, >> >> or certainly with any camera... >> >> it will be interesting to see if people take up the M9 as a common >> powerful >> tool of photojournalism, >> >> >> in any case, >> >> stay safe, >> >> Steve >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information