Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/12/29

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Subject: [Leica] Journalist buys a Leica!
From: richard at richardmanphoto.com (Richard Man)
Date: Sat, 29 Dec 2012 19:46:30 -0800
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Well Nathan, I can't argue with that. I do love my Leica, but I do wish
it's a little bit better and a little bit cheaper.

I didn't think I would buy an M8, but I did. I didn't think I would buy an
M9, and I did.

So I don't think I will buy an M Monochrom, or an M T240, but who knows. If
money is flush, anything is possible.


On Sat, Dec 29, 2012 at 7:38 PM, Nathan Wajsman <photo at 
frozenlight.eu>wrote:

> Yes Richard, it is the content, and I have certainly advocated that
> position many times. Yet it is disappointing that Leica is unable to give
> us good high(ish) ISO. Yes, occasionally an image shot at 1250 or 2500 is
> usable, but just as often it is not. I know that in the film days we were
> happy with grainy film images at 1600, but the goal posts have moved, and
> it is utterly frustrating that my Pentax K5 does ISO 6400 far better than
> any Leica does ISO 2500.
>
> Cheers,
> Nathan
>
> Nathan Wajsman
> Alicante, Spain
> http://www.frozenlight.eu
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> YNWA
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> On Dec 30, 2012, at 4:26 AM, Richard Man wrote:
>
> > Let the avalanche begins :-)?
> >
> > I have two 13x19 prints hanging on my wall now taken ISO 2000. They are
> in
> > the 2011 LUG book. Look quite nice.
> >
> > For certain photography, it's not the (lack of) noise, it's not the
> > composition, it's not even the light. It's the content.
> >
> >
> > On Sat, Dec 29, 2012 at 7:11 PM, John McMaster <john at mcmaster.co.nz>
> wrote:
> >
> >>
> >>
> http://www.guardian.co.uk/artanddesign/photography-blog/2012/dec/28/leica-m-e-rangefinder-photography?intcmp=ILCMUSTXT9387
> >>
> >> john
> >>
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// richard <http://www.richardmanphoto.com>


In reply to: Message from john at mcmaster.co.nz (John McMaster) ([Leica] Journalist buys a Leica!)
Message from richard at richardmanphoto.com (Richard Man) ([Leica] Journalist buys a Leica!)
Message from photo at frozenlight.eu (Nathan Wajsman) ([Leica] Journalist buys a Leica!)