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Subject: [Leica] IMG: M8 1st Shots and impressions.
From: len-1 at comcast.net (Leonard Taupier)
Date: Thu Jan 18 18:49:08 2007
References: <082BB029-B213-4CA7-8E6F-999467B84899@comcast.net><001401c73b51$353935c0$6501a8c0@asus930> <A09A8651-23CC-4665-BA30-D816AC6BAB30@comcast.net> <001b01c73b69$c8c5f590$6501a8c0@asus930>

Thanks. I never saw your backyard shot. Very nice. Funny looking  
trees though ;-) Great sky.

The 21 is a very nice handling lens. Maybe a little bigger then your  
28. Takes 55mm filters. Cost a bundle though. Had to trade in some  
nice stuff to get it.

Cheers,
Len


On Jan 18, 2007, at 8:33 PM, G Hopkinson wrote:

> Yes, cool, thanks Len. The shot with the M8 looks terrific. No  
> visible distortion at all, saturated  and sharp, sharp. My kind of
> glass. See this one of mine for why I thought we had a similar idea  
> from our backyards.
> <http://contest.leica-users.org/main.php/v/0609/Late 
> +Afternoon.jpg.html>
> http://tinyurl.com/38wq92
>
> Your 21 is obviously the logical solution for the 28 view angle on  
> your M8. Do find it balances/handles well?. I've not seen one in
> the flesh. I've read great things re the 24 on the film M's, too.  
> Also the ZI 25.
>
> Cheers
> Hoppy
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: lug-bounces+hoppyman=bigpond.net.au@leica-users.org  
> [mailto:lug-bounces+hoppyman=bigpond.net.au@leica-users.org] On  
> Behalf Of
> Leonard Taupier
> Sent: Friday, 19 January 2007 09:29
> To: Leica Users Group
> Subject: Re: [Leica] IMG: M8 1st Shots and impressions.
>
> Let me look for some 21mm stuff. I like it a lot. Turns into a 28mm.
>
> Len
>
>
> On Jan 18, 2007, at 5:37 PM, G Hopkinson wrote:
>
>> Len the African Violets shot nearly put my eyes out!
>> I like your sunrise, you must have good taste because it looks
>> remarkably like a shot I posted in the competition a while back ;-)
>> It was a sunset from my backyard. Must be the time zone difference.
>>
>> That 21 looks to a great candidate to use on the M8. Do you have
>> some stuff to post taken with it with a film camera?
>>
>> Cheers
>> Hoppy
>>
>>
>> This morning, after coffee, I went out to my cold, frosty backyard
>> and looked for something to shoot in daylight. Took a few boring
>> shots of hibernating shrubs and stuff but the sky looked pretty
>> interesting so I shot that.
>>
>> <ISO 160, 21mm Elmarit ASPH, about f11>
>>
>> <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/LeonardT/M8/Dawn.jpg.html>
>>
>>
>> Len
>>
>
>
>
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