[Leica] S snapshots

[pklein at threshinc.com (Peter Klein)]

Gerry, stick around!  Geoff, I look at any "M" shots I can find with 
great interest. The M is made of Unobtanium now, but eventually that 
element will decay into magnesium. Not sure what the half-life is, though.

I'm still shooting my M8, despite the fact that the bulk of my pictures 
have been Oly E-M5 lately. I have Leica lenses, Cosina lenses, Olympus 
lenses, and I'm not afraid to use any of them. I do not discriminate 
according to race, religion, national origin or camera choice.

I look at everybody's pictures even if I don't comment much. I value the 
friendships I've made here, and I do wish the family wouldn't bicker. 
Most of us use or have used Leicas. Most of us also use other stuff. 
It's OK. Really.

--Peter

Geoff Hopkinson wrote:

 > Caution technical chat follows ;-)
 > FWIW anyone that really likes their M8/9 for what they are great at will
 > really love the M. I've only shot about 500 frames with mine so far 
due to
 > personal circumstances but it is in every way a more refined M9 if 
you like.
 > I plan to give it a comprehensive exercising in Barcelona over the next
 > couple of weeks. I don't bother talking about it on the list because 
there
 > doesn't seem to be much overt interest and only a few in LUG hands 
thus far
 > of course.
 > The pro segment for Hasselblad/Phase One and S is so small, almost 
none of
 > us are likely to be involved. There are pluses and minuses for each 
system
 > and the handling and lenses are particularly good with the S.
 > But the M9 and M are better studio cameras than the S2 and S are street
 > cameras ;-)
 >
 > Cheers,
 > Geoff Hopkinson
 > http://www.pbase.com/hoppyman