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

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Subject: [Leica] Back to film!
From: csaganich at gmail.com (Chris Saganich)
Date: Fri, 13 Jul 2012 23:23:51 -0400
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I have an ex pat friend in BK Th.  Let me know if you go.

Chris
On Fri, Jul 13, 2012 at 4:35 PM, Daniel Ridings <dlridings at gmail.com> 
wrote:

> Tell me more, Jim. I feel there must be typo (wino?) in there. 32/4? I
> don't mind the Contax/Nikon mount (as long as it fits a Kiev) but
> 32/4? You compare with a 21 for Nikon or Contax. Are we talking about
> a decent wide-angle? I have the 21/4 in Voigtlander (if it's color
> Skopar or just Skopje, I don't remember ... decent lens).
>
> Daniel
>
> On Fri, Jul 13, 2012 at 10:28 PM, jshulman at judgecrater.com
> <jshulman at judgecrater.com> wrote:
> > Welcome back to your senses. My only recommendation is to get the 32/4
> Voigtlander land in Contax/NIKON mount.  It's a sensational lens, and
> likely outperforms the rare NIKON 21 or the vintage Contax 21.
> >
> > Sent from my Verizon Wireless Phone
> >
> > ----- Reply message -----
> > From: "Phil Forrest" <photo.forrest at earthlink.net>
> > Date: Fri, Jul 13, 2012 3:18 pm
> > Subject: [Leica] Back to film!
> > To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org>
> >
> > 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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Chris Saganich
www.imagebrooklyn.com


In reply to: Message from jshulman at judgecrater.com (jshulman@judgecrater.com) ([Leica] Back to film!)
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