Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/05/11

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Subject: [Leica] Product lineup
From: photo at frozenlight.eu (Nathan Wajsman)
Date: Fri, 11 May 2012 22:44:32 +0200
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You mean the M10 that will be unveiled at Photokina, I assume ;-)

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On May 11, 2012, at 10:30 PM, Tina Manley wrote:

> Absolutely!  I've used the Noctilux at 3200 and 6400 many times when
> photographing by firelight.  I can't wait for the new M!
> 
> Tina
> 
> On Fri, May 11, 2012 at 2:37 PM, Chris Crawford <
> chris at chriscrawfordphoto.com> wrote:
> 
>> I disagree, I've often done very low light work with Tmax 3200 at 3200 and
>> 6400 with f1.4 and f2 lenses wide open or nearly so. Having a
>> high-sensitivity sensor and fast lenses really opens up the darkness to be
>> captured.
>> 
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>> On 5/11/12 2:33 PM, "charcot" <charcot at comcast.net> wrote:
>> 
>>> Ernie "ludite" Nitka here:  Leica's lineup is confusing to me.  They
>>> are making world class , super fast lenses as if we were still shooting
>>> film and at the same time making advances in ISO on their digital
>>> bodies.  So what is the purpose of a 21/2.4 on a monochrome camera with
>>> ISO of 10K ( assuming that usable iso is 2-3K).  It is rather mute as I
>>> can't afford the new , fast lenses even though I still shoot film.
>>> 
>>> If I were Leica I'd go back to f/2.5 lineup that was afordable and would
>>> mate up fine with higher iso M9.
>>> 
>>> en
>>> 
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