Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2011/04/22
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Dr. Ted: I had an M8 and now an M9, but I do concur that the M8 cuts a fine image. Heck, I shot with the lowly Epson RD-1 for 3 years just to get my Leica glass on a digital body and the M8 is better than that. Oh well, trailblazers are us. On Fri, Apr 22, 2011 at 9:24 PM, <tedgrant at shaw.ca> wrote: > I find this a very interesting topic, as I never related to the gear in a > similar manner as some of you! > > My earliest Leica pre-M4's was around 1962-3 when a friend let me play with > his whatever model Leica it was. It was Leica ... "gee isn't this what > Bresson uses?" But I didn't get all hully gully over it being a Leica. > > However, when I became more aware, it seemed many of the finest > photojournalist's used a Leica and if they shot what they did with a > Leica..... READY? :-) We have nearly all done this.... "If he shoots > those > kind of pictures with a LEICA .... SO CAN I! " :-) WRONG! :-( We > eventually learn it's the human holding the camera that makes the > difference! Not the LEICA! > > I bought "3 M4 bodies and 4 lenses. .. 21 - 35 - 50 Summilux - 90 > Summicron!" Some time later when the Noctilux was available I bought one. > The first one available for sale in Canada! Still have it, it's never been > cleaned and it still works just fine! ... :-) And no lens shade for over 30 > plus years! Because one of the pins fell out and lens barrel and Leica > wanted a fortune to replace the pin, so I obviously gave them an > unrepeatable comment! :-) ....... and the lens hasn't had a lens shade > since about 1980! :-) Eventually moving along to "3 - M5's," sold... "3 - > M6's, sold 2." Finally 3 - M7's" sold! Now only one M8! Frustrating on > occasion! :-( > > Hopefully a few up coming projects may well change that and it'll be "3 - > M9's! " WHY? Well that's how I've shot my assignments for the past umpteen > dozen years. Please don't ask... WHY! Basically I hate changing lenses and > I write with my cameras! No time for fiddling when things are happening! > > And today, my 21 year old grandson attending a photo academy is carrying my > first purchased M6 and having a great time with it, while also carrying a > digital SLR Canon of some kind! > > I shoot with an M8, love the camera. never think about the good, bad and > uglies compared to an M9. Yes I would like to have an M9 or three, maybe > shortly. > > What I still can not fathom: the M8 and M9 difference? ....... the clients > I shoot for with an M8, still ooohhhh and ahhhhh over the end product of my > shoot. So, as long as they do that and pay my invoices it might be a tad > longer before I pop for an M9! Please don't start to tell me about the > difference one unto the other, as I'm somewhat aware of the difference. And > I have no doubt I will have one or three in the not to far future. I think > the most important factor is... my lenses will give me what I actually see > in the view finder. Rather than me using wider, as in a 21mm so I don't > have > to be concerned about clipping a frame if it were a 35mm lens. But I do > peek > at the screen and if it's cool? No problem move on. A slight OOPS? Take a > step back and shoot it again! :-) See how easy it is to make corrections? > ;-) > > And no I never slept with one other than while in an unheated tent on the > Arctic ocean ice! :-) In a sleeping bag. I did keep two of them in the > sleeping bag to keep them warm. Well I hoped that was the case! :-) > > Were my main concerns about the M's at the time??? No, I believe my > thoughts were more of "what if.... the ice broke-up in the middle of night > and "what the hell do we do then?" :-) > > cheers, > ted > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > 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. ]