Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/11/07
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Doug At this point I'm kinda thinking of it as a magenta streaks camera. Besides, haven't we all done better in our own little niches? Nothing worse than trying to be all things for all people. BTW, what do you think of the Nikkor 300 2.8. ? :-) Walt Douglas Herr wrote: > > On Nov 6, 2006, at 7:37 PM, Walt Johnson wrote: > >> If someone could show me a real advantage to $5000 cameras maybe, but >> holy cow that's a lot of Tri-X. > > > Think of it as a K25 camera plus a Tri-X camera plus a Provia 400F > camera plus a polaroid back plus a long-roll back. If you want or > need to use all these tools the M8 can make a lot sense. > >> I've broken a few things over the years and tried to take it like a >> man. Break my M8 and I'd cry all the was to the pharmacist. He sure >> as hell better have my Valium ready.and waiting. > > > You should have seen me when I broke my 280 f/4 APO. Several months > and US$1900 later it was back as good as new, but was I insane to > spend that much to _repair_ a 280mm lens, let alone one without a big > maximum aperture, AF, IS or auto-composition? The 280 f/4 APO > delivers the image quality I want in my pictures, image quality I > haven't seen from any other comparable lens. I can make good pictures > with other lenses but I like my pictures more when the 280 APO makes > 'em. Is the difference in image quality worth the nearly obscene > amount of money it costs, particularly for a weekend warrior? That's > for me and SWMBO to decide. Hint: it's not something we fight about. > > Doug Herr > Birdman of Sacramento > http://www.wildlightphoto.com > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >