[Leica] S snapshots

[gerry.walden at me.com (Gerry Walden)]

Peter

Thanks for the words of encouragement, and I have a feeling I will be here 
for a long time yet. I just get sick and tired of the 'my camera is better 
than you camera' bickering when it would do some people good to just go out 
and make pictures. I have been through a whole gamut of Leica stuff but it 
is not the only decent system out there.

Gerry

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On 13 Sep 2013, at 08:30, Peter Klein <pklein at threshinc.com> wrote:

> Gerry, stick around!  Geoff, I look at any "M" shots I can find with great 
> interest. The M is made of Unobtanium now, but eventually that element 
> will decay into magnesium. Not sure what the half-life is, though.
> 
> I'm still shooting my M8, despite the fact that the bulk of my pictures 
> have been Oly E-M5 lately. I have Leica lenses, Cosina lenses, Olympus 
> lenses, and I'm not afraid to use any of them. I do not discriminate 
> according to race, religion, national origin or camera choice.
> 
> I look at everybody's pictures even if I don't comment much. I value the 
> friendships I've made here, and I do wish the family wouldn't bicker. Most 
> of us use or have used Leicas. Most of us also use other stuff. It's OK. 
> Really.
> 
> --Peter
> 
> Geoff Hopkinson wrote:
> 
> > Caution technical chat follows ;-)
> > FWIW anyone that really likes their M8/9 for what they are great at will
> > really love the M. I've only shot about 500 frames with mine so far due 
> > to
> > personal circumstances but it is in every way a more refined M9 if you 
> > like.
> > I plan to give it a comprehensive exercising in Barcelona over the next
> > couple of weeks. I don't bother talking about it on the list because 
> > there
> > doesn't seem to be much overt interest and only a few in LUG hands thus 
> > far
> > of course.
> > The pro segment for Hasselblad/Phase One and S is so small, almost none 
> > of
> > us are likely to be involved. There are pluses and minuses for each 
> > system
> > and the handling and lenses are particularly good with the S.
> > But the M9 and M are better studio cameras than the S2 and S are street
> > cameras ;-)
> >
> > Cheers,
> > Geoff Hopkinson
> > http://www.pbase.com/hoppyman
> 
> 
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