Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/09/11
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Hi Johnny- Welcome aboard! I, too, shoot with a Canon 7 (and from there I got an M4P, and then sold it to step up to the M6!!) In hindsight, wish I'd sold the 7 and kept the M4P!! At one time I (briefly) owned the T90 with the 85 1.2!!! and 135 f2!! Stupidly sold them as I began my photography career.... Was in the entertainment industry (comic and actor) and still put my foot in it when the $$'s right. The best qoute I ever heard regarding the entertainment industry was from NYC comedian/radio guy Sam Greenburg: "There are three rules in the entertainment industry; Nothing makes sense. Nothing is fair. Don't take it personally." (I have adopted this as my "life philosophy"!) I'd love to hear about a 'transatlantic maple syrup explosion'! As for edge-to-edge sharpness being over rated: I have a 35 Summilux (non-ASPH) and a 20 5.6 Russar for my M6 (the Russar won't screw into the Canon 7 because of the size of the rear elemant) and these lenses are TESTIMONIALS to the 'beauty' of 'blur'!!! Never mind the Canon 50 f1.4 I shoot wide open ..... Mainly an XP-2 shooter, but if time allows will delve into the Ilford Delta 3200 for that 'fun stuff'; would love to experiment with some infrared, but sigh.... those wedding albums won't put themselves together! Having too much fun with the Leitz 'R' lenses on my Canon EOS A2; so my M6 has been sadly neglected the last couple of weeks!! Hope you score the M4P! I loved mine- wish I hadn't parted with it- see if you can get an MR-4 meter for it- they work great! Regards to all- Jeez, I rambled there!! Bob Keene > >Date: Fri, 10 Sep 1999 22:53:12 +0100 >From: "Johnny Deadman" <deadman@jukebox.demon.co.uk> >Subject: [Leica] Introducing Johnny Deadman > >Former M3 street shooter, current T90/35f2 owner, just bought a dented 35 >Summilux, bidding on ebay on an M4-P, professional screenwriter, thinks the >leica is the equivalent of the manual typewriter, the Konica Hexar a word >processor... maybe. > >Oh yeah, and I have a trashed Canon 7 (maple syrup explosion on >transatlantic flight) with a deliciously soft 28/2.8. Am I the only person >who thinks contrast and edge-to-ege sharpness are over-rated? > >Tri-x in split D-76, rated at 320. What else do you need to know? > >- -- >Johnny Deadman > >"The TV business ...is a cruel and shallow money trench, a long plastic >hallway where thieves and pimps run free and good men die like dogs, for no >good reason." >- - Hunter S. Thompson > >(The only thing he and I are likely to agree on) > >------------------------------