Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/07/13

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Subject: [Leica] Back to film!
From: dlridings at gmail.com (Daniel Ridings)
Date: Fri, 13 Jul 2012 21:32:34 +0200
References: <237E413E-ED65-4E56-9E21-B4FFFFECB5AB@mac.com> <20120713151801.149e2c52@linux-mh41.site> <9F4B7FC7-25C6-4D24-89D8-DC704E0DC290@usjet.net> <20120713152836.18dd5d89@linux-mh41.site>

Not to mention brand new lenses from Zeiss.

I just checked the prices for new lenses from Leica and I thought (out
loud) who the hell are they kidding? Do they realize what kind of bike
I could buy for the price of a 35mm? I could get the top of the line
S-Works!

Daniel


On Fri, Jul 13, 2012 at 9:28 PM, Phil Forrest
<photo.forrest at earthlink.net> wrote:
> Yes indeed, I had to cut my losses while I could.
> Leica will never get another dome of mine for new gear. I'll buy used
> from private sellers but considering the image quality I've seen from
> the RF Nikkors there isn't any rationalization I can make for lenses
> that cost 10x more.
>
> Phil Forrest
>
>
> On Fri, 13 Jul 2012 14:24:26 -0500 (CDT)
> Robert Meier <robertmeier at usjet.net> wrote:
>
>> Welcome back, and congratulations!   Your foray into digital was more
>> worrisome and expensive than most, mine included, but it feels good
>> when you're done with it!
>>
>> Robert
>>
>> On Jul 13, 2012, at 2:18 PM, Phil Forrest wrote:
>>
>> > A few folks here are also members on RFF and may have followed a
>> > few of my threads there but I finally shuffled off the digital
>> > monkey a few days ago.
>> > I traded my M9 (which I had been trying to sell for a while) for a
>> > Nikon SP with titanium shutter and a good amount of cash. It was a
>> > good deal, I think. I got a *reliable* camera that is compatible
>> > with most of my lenses (I sold my Leica lenses and replaced them
>> > with RF Nikkors) and the new M9 owner got a camera he wanted. I
>> > still have my film M4, a beat up DR Summicron and my Super Angulon
>> > but I'm considering the sale of the latter to replace it with the
>> > 2.1cm Nikkor for the F mount with adapter. An excellent lens itself
>> > but much lower cost. I'm happy because I am no longer tethered to a
>> > wall socket to recharge batteries. Film doesn't have a slow buffer
>> > time. I can forget about my latent images on the roll for a while
>> > and not worry about filling up my limited storage media. It's just
>> > a good move. I'm not getting any photo business and I can't
>> > rationalize sitting on almost $5000 worth of camera that isn't
>> > making me money. It was kind of fun while it lasted even though the
>> > headaches of M9 unreliability (and the M8 before it) drove me nuts.
>> > I should have sold it a year ago.
>> > It's good to be back to film. It feels rebellious, actually.
>> >
>> > Phil Forrest
>> >
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>> >
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