Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/02/09

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Subject: [Leica] R8
From: drodgers at casefarms.com (David Rodgers)
Date: Thu Feb 9 07:05:30 2006

Sonny, 

I fear you've ventured down a rather slippery slope. I once acquired an SL 
thinking I'd get a 50/2 and be done with it. Hah! Fat chance. 

My favorite R lens is the 28/2.8 Elmarit. The one I owned (and never should 
have sold) performed magically.

I've always felt like wide angle lenses and rangefinders were a perfect 
match. However, ttl viewing has it's advantages. Things are seen as they are 
(especially through a splendid R finder). Sometimes that's critical when 
using a WA. 

I sold my R, btw, because I had a nearly identical Contax SLR system. I also 
had a ttl flash setup for the Contax. 

My German made 25/2.8 Distagon AE fine as it is, doesn't quite carve an 
image like my 28/2.8 Elmarit did. My R7 was my all-time favorite SLR body, 
followed by a Nikon F3 HP. The R8 might even be better.

DaveR   

-----Original Message-----
From: SonC@aol.com [mailto:SonC@aol.com] 
Sent: Wednesday, February 08, 2006 10:59 PM
To: lug@leica-users.org
Subject: [Leica] R8

I recently made a trade with a Lugger, and acquired an R8.    It arrived 
today and it is lovely.  Bigole hoss of a camera.  I  have only a 90mm 
summicron 
right now, but hope to make trades and get a  few more R lenses.  
 
Watch for results! 
 

Regards,  
Sonny
http://www.sonc.com
Natchitoches, Louisiana
Oldest continuous  settlement in La Louisiane
?galit?, libert?,  crawfish




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