Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/12/12
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]That is certainly the best advice so far......Use it and post. :-) Philippe Orlent wrote: > Welcome Alex, > I think you will have a lot of fun with that M6. And the 50 > summicron. And the 35 to follow for sure. And the 90, and... > It's quite addictive, you'll see. :-) > But above all: use it and post your shots. > Philippe > > > > Op 12-dec-06, om 23:10 heeft Alex het volgende geschreven: > >> Hello all. >> I'm a newbie to Leica and to RF in the whole, just got registered >> here, willing to introduce myself. >> My name is Alex, I'm from Israel. Used to be a long-term SLR shooter >> jumping over from Minolta to Canon professional systems, until about >> 2 years ago took a leap into large format (4x5) and never looked >> back so that my Canon setup used to spent about 95% of the time in >> the closet. Besides, it took me several years to realize that the >> "latest and greatest" gear isn't always the optimal solution. I >> became quite reluctant of getting out my Canon and lugging it >> around, even though owing high-end analog camera and some nice L >> line optics. In the past I enjoyed challenging myslef physically and >> mentally lugging 15 kg backpack full of Canon throughout the world >> even on business trips, but lately getting realized that nor fast >> and quite AF, neither super-sophisticated metering or super-speed >> machine-gun shooting doesn't bring me the pleasure any more in my >> hobby. So the breaking point came few weeks ago when I decided to >> quit my SLR adventure altoagther and convert to something much more >> manageable and intimate that will not be a burden for my family >> either in family strools or trips but yet provide an adequate >> quality. After quite a deliberation between jumping to an MF >> rangefinder or remain in 35mm world I made up my mind to stay with >> 35mm to avoid the necessity to change my entire flow. Then were two >> weeks of online "research" of RF world, equipment, shooting >> technique, etc..became an active member on RFF >> (rangefinderforum.com), "spamming" apug.org with my RF-related >> hesitations...until realized that in that or another way I will have >> hard time to get my Leica lust calm down.... >> So two days ago I managed to pick a nice Summicron 50mm/2 (current >> version) which is on its way to me right now and just a few hours >> ago I had a pleasure to purchase a nice M6 of LUG fellow Hank >> Kellner (he offered the camera for sale here also few days ago). Did >> not realize Hank is a well known person not only on LUG but also in >> literature world, but that turned to be a nice surprise to me. >> >> So I'm welcoming myself here on LUG..;-) >> >> Sincerely, Alex >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >