Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/10/17

[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]

Subject: [Leica] Old lenses and M8
From: lluisripollquerol at gmail.com (Lluis Ripoll Querol)
Date: Sat, 17 Oct 2009 19:41:14 +0200
References: <8CC1D630E99927F-4538-89D@webmail-m078.sysops.aol.com>

Good question Larry, I'm asking myself almost the same question....

Saludos
Lluis


El 17/10/2009, a las 19:04, lrzeitlin at aol.com escribi?:

> Do I sense a ground swell of feeling that the M*s should be  
> cherished because they make old lenses perform better by eliminating  
> the poorer rendition in the corners? Seems like the inverse of the  
> opinion that film M Leicas were to be desired over the M8 because  
> Leica lenses were designed for the corners rather than the central  
> area. I'm confused. I have a lot of old Leica lenses. Do I buy a  
> used M8 or save my pennies for an M9?
> Larry Z
>
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> Leica Users Group.
> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information



In reply to: Message from lrzeitlin at aol.com (lrzeitlin at aol.com) ([Leica] Old lenses and M8)