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Subject: [Leica] Leica ownership
From: richard at imagecraft.com (Richard Man)
Date: Fri, 22 Apr 2011 23:27:16 -0700
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Dr. Ted:

I had an M8 and now an M9, but I do concur that the M8 cuts a fine image.
Heck, I shot with the lowly Epson RD-1 for 3 years just to get my Leica
glass on a digital body and the M8 is better than that. Oh well,
trailblazers are us.

On Fri, Apr 22, 2011 at 9:24 PM, <tedgrant at shaw.ca> wrote:

> I find this a very interesting topic, as I never related to the gear in a
> similar manner as some of you!
>
> My earliest Leica pre-M4's was around 1962-3 when a friend let me play with
> his whatever model Leica it was.  It was Leica ... "gee isn't this what
> Bresson uses?"  But I didn't get all hully gully over it being a Leica.
>
> However, when I became more aware, it seemed many of the finest
> photojournalist's used a Leica and if they shot what they did with a
> Leica..... READY?  :-)  We have nearly all done this.... "If he shoots 
> those
> kind of pictures with a LEICA ....   SO CAN I!  " :-) WRONG! :-( We
> eventually learn it's the human holding the camera that makes the
> difference! Not the LEICA!
>
> I bought "3 M4 bodies and 4 lenses. .. 21 - 35 - 50  Summilux - 90
> Summicron!" Some time later when the Noctilux was available I bought one.
> The first one available for sale in Canada! Still have it, it's never been
> cleaned and it still works just fine! ... :-) And no lens shade for over 30
> plus years! Because one of the pins fell out and lens barrel and Leica
> wanted a fortune to replace the pin, so I obviously gave them an
> unrepeatable comment! :-) .......  and the lens hasn't had a lens shade
> since about 1980! :-) Eventually moving along to "3 - M5's," sold... "3 -
> M6's, sold 2." Finally 3 - M7's" sold! Now only one M8!  Frustrating on
> occasion! :-(
>
> Hopefully a few up coming projects may well change that and it'll be  "3 -
> M9's! " WHY?  Well that's how I've shot my assignments for the past umpteen
> dozen years. Please don't ask... WHY!  Basically I hate changing lenses and
> I write with my cameras! No time for fiddling when things are happening!
>
> And today, my 21 year old grandson attending a photo academy is carrying my
> first purchased M6 and having a great time with it, while also carrying a
> digital SLR Canon of some kind!
>
> I shoot with an M8, love the camera. never think about the good, bad and
> uglies compared to an M9. Yes I would like to have an M9 or three, maybe
> shortly.
>
> What I still can not fathom: the M8 and M9 difference? ....... the clients
> I shoot for with an M8, still ooohhhh and ahhhhh over the end product of my
> shoot. So, as long as they do that and pay my invoices it might be a tad
> longer before I pop for an M9!  Please don't start to tell me about the
> difference one unto the other, as I'm somewhat aware of the difference. And
> I have no doubt I will have one or three in the not to far future. I think
> the most important factor is... my lenses will give me what I actually see
> in the view finder. Rather than me using wider, as in a 21mm so I don't 
> have
> to be concerned about clipping a frame if it were a 35mm lens. But I do 
> peek
> at the screen and if it's cool?  No problem move on. A slight OOPS?  Take a
> step back and shoot it again! :-) See how easy it is to make corrections?
> ;-)
>
> And no I never slept with one other than while in an unheated tent on the
> Arctic ocean ice! :-) In a sleeping bag. I did keep two of them in the
> sleeping bag to keep them warm. Well I hoped that was the case! :-)
>
> Were my main concerns about the M's at the time??? No, I believe my
> thoughts were more of "what if.... the ice broke-up in the middle of night
> and "what the hell do we do then?" :-)
>
> cheers,
> ted
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