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Subject: [Leica] The many temptations of a chef
From: mingthein at gmail.com (Thein Onn Ming)
Date: Tue, 26 May 2009 17:40:39 +0800
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For me it's the opposite. I had the 14-24 for my D3 but used it maybe  
twice. I'd say I rotate through the 15, 35 and 50 equally now  
depending on what I'm going to shoot.


On May 26, 2009, at 5:04 PM, Frank Dernie wrote:

> I used to use the 15mm loads with film on my M6. Far more than I  
> expected when i bought it. I hardly ever use it on my M8 for some  
> reason. I use the WATE quite a bit but my most used lens on the M8  
> is the 50mm f1.4.
> cheers,
> Frank
> On 26 May, 2009, at 09:32, Thein Onn Ming wrote:
>
>> I like the fact that it's about the same size as the back cap on  
>> my 14-24 but very nearly as good.
>>
>> On May 26, 2009, at 4:24 PM, Frank Dernie wrote:
>>
>>> compared to the 15mm CV yes, compared to any WA SLR lens, or the  
>>> splendid wide Zeiss lenses the WATE it is tiny.
>>> Frank
>>> On 26 May, 2009, at 02:35, Thein Onn Ming wrote:
>>>
>>>> (the WATE doesn't count - it's HUGE!)
>>>
>>>
>>>

THEIN Onn Ming
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