Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2011/02/10
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]The M8 is a good camera; and the M9 may have a larger sensor but it didn't fix any of the problems that are serious ones for my use of the M8. The x100 may be a good camera. We'll know when it comes out. It doesn't matter to me if it can or cannot be upgraded, even if I only use it for 4 years. That would be a minimum of 60,000 exposures, about 2c a shot. If Fuji makes an underwater housing for it, it will be more useful to me than a digital M. For street photography, if the Fuji has very short shutter lag and decent autofocus, it will be infinitely more useful to me than an M8 or M9. I rarely zone focus while street shooting and like film Ms because they are extremely fast. In this shot which doesn't look 'fast': http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/freakscene/Russia/St_P_XXXV.jpg.html maybe a tenth of a second later the boats had moved and all I could see of the guy was the back of his head. Just my thoughts. Marty On Fri, Feb 11, 2011 at 10:27 AM, quantran101 <quantran101 at gmail.com> wrote: > Richard, > This makes a lot of sense, sound like a good money-saving alternative. I am > going to start saving money for this M8+Voigtlander setup. Mean while, I > try > doing it with my Canon 5D2+Leica R 35mm Elmarit. > -Q. > > On Wed, Feb 9, 2011 at 10:35 PM, Richard Man <richard at imagecraft.com> > wrote: > >> Get a used M8 for $2000 and one of the 24/28 Voigtlander lens for >> $200-$400. >> >> For that price, you get a lot more camera than the X100 for zone focus >> street photography. >> >> Just make sure you don't get Nathan's :-) >> >> On Wed, Feb 9, 2011 at 10:28 PM, quantran101 <quantran101 at gmail.com> >> wrote: >> >> > I have been following this camera on and off. Still wonder how one would >> do >> > zone focusing without the distance scale on the lens? I want to learn to >> > do street photography, but could not afford a M9 and 35mm lux. I wonder >> if >> > this camera could be good for beginner street photography? >> > >> > Anyone wants to offer advise? >> > -Q. >> > >> > On Wed, Feb 9, 2011 at 1:25 PM, John Collier <jbcollier at shaw.ca> >> > wrote: >> > >> > > >> > > >> > >> http://www.finepix-x100.com/gallery/images?utm_source=email&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=feb >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > >> http://www.finepix-x100.com/story/mechanical?utm_source=email&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=feb >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > >> http://www.finepix-x100.com/whats-new/press-release?utm_source=email&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=feb >> > > >> > > John >> > > >> > > _______________________________________________ >> > > Leica Users Group. >> > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> > > >> > >> > >> > >> > -- >> > Quan Tran. >> > blog: http://1lens.wordpress.com/ >> > >> > _______________________________________________ >> > Leica Users Group. >> > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> > >> >> >> >> -- >> // richard <http://www.imagecraft.com/> >> // icc blog: <http://imagecraft.com/blog/> >> // photo blog: <http://www.5pmlight.com> >> [ For technical support on ImageCraft products, please include all >> previous >> replies in your msgs. ] >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> > > > > -- > Quan Tran. > blog: http://1lens.wordpress.com/ > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >