Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/12/24
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Wow Daniel! you are really a runner hard sportman, I'm not at all! I'm really surprised how much could cost a high tech bike!. Thanks for these informations, we say in Spain that every day before to go to sleep you learn something new! cheers Lluis El 24/12/2010, a las 18:10, Daniel Ridings escribi?: > I certainly wouldn't worry about a GF1 if I had an M8 or an M9. But my > options for digital are all digital SLR:s and then it is nice to have > a smaller, compact package, like an M8, M9, or, in my case, GF1, that > is easy to take with me all the time, everywhere. To be absolutely > truthful, I can do that with a Nikon, even one of the heavier models, > but ... > > I guess it'll be my turn for an M8 or M9 when others tire of them and > move on to better things and I can pick one up second-hand. The new > price for an M9 here in Sweden is a price you think about a while, > before you pay, but it's not totally out of sight. I've paid a sizable > chunk of cash for one of the first Nikons in my time. But I'm not > making money with my photography so there is no business logic to help > me balance the books. It's all about priorities, I guess. At the > moment, and for the last couple of years, mine have been bicycles. > Mind you, I haven't done it, but you can easily put out twice the > amount an M9 costs on a bike. But wouldn't that look silly? A > middle-aged slob on a high-tech machine? A MAMIL (middle-aged men in > Lycra)? But even the cheaper ones are not "cheap". > > That's where the GF1 came in. I wanted one that would fit in the back > pocket of a cycling jersey. > > I probably haven't posted here, but I have some pics of my various > trips. I work in Oslo a few times a year and the last couple of times > I've done the trip by bike (720 km round-trip). > > Rambling, sorry. > > Daniel > > On Fri, Dec 24, 2010 at 2:49 PM, Lluis Ripoll > <lluisripollquerol at gmail.com> wrote: >> Hi Daniel, >> >> You are tempting me!, a IIIG is a lovely camera, GF1 too, but I >> don't think >> I would be very used to use a GF1, I'm more familiar with the >> classical >> cameras concept, M8... and M9 asap... >> >> cheers >> Lluis >> >> >> El 24/12/2010, a las 2:35, Daniel Ridings escribi?: >> >>> Lluis, that combination, IIIf and Elmar, still goes just about >>> everywhere with me. Out of vanity, I picked up a IIIg over the years >>> (last time I was in Chicago), but the IIIf just seems to hold its >>> place. >>> >>> I do have to admit, though, that I tend to use a former Soviet lens, >>> Industar-22, instead. Hate to admit it, but it's better than the >>> Elmars I have. >>> >>> The GF1 is definitely moving in to its place though. >>> >>> Daniel >>> >>> On Thu, Dec 23, 2010 at 10:37 PM, Lluis Ripoll >>> <lluisripollquerol at gmail.com> wrote: >>>> >>>> Great B&W portrait of Rebecca, really fantastic. I remember very >>>> well all >>>> the pictures posted by Daniel long time ago, his pictures with >>>> the IIIF >>>> and >>>> the old Elmar 3.5/5cm has motivated me to buy one... >>>> >>>> cheers >>>> Lluis >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> El 21/12/2010, a las 6:53, Geoff Hopkinson escribi?: >>>> >>>>> I posted a version of this in a thread by Daniel with a superb >>>>> portrait >>>>> by >>>>> him. I just realised that might subtract from responses to >>>>> Daniel's post >>>>> and >>>>> photograph. >>>>> >>>>> Here is my (reworked) Ridings portrait redux. >>>>> http://www.pbase.com/image/131285862 >>>>> C&C welcome >>>>> Happy Holidays >>>>> Geoff >>>>> http://www.pbase.com/hoppyman >>>>> >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> 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 >>>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> 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 >> > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information