Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2015/01/03
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Then there are the amateur old farts like myself. On my last two longer photo expeditions I have carried a tripod and a camera bag (a big one) with two Canon DSLR's, Canon L 16-35, 24-70 and 70-200 2.8 lenses plus some primes. I like the results, but holy mother carrying this stuff around for days is another thing. I also have a Fuji XE-1 with 14, 35 and 60mm lenses. I'll probably swap out the 60 2.4 for a 56 1.2 and add the 23mm 1.4. Those plus an extra body fit in a small bag. Plus with a little care I can still make a 20" wide print. I haven't kept score but I imagine the total cost is less than an M body. Some results of both here: www.kencarney.com Ken On 1/3/2015 6:22 PM, Mark Rabiner wrote: > The 1.5 crop factor works out perfectly for people who live with their > mothers and are shooting the high school newspaper. Though they get no > respect from the other kids who are shooting real working pro level > cameras. Though they may be working after school bussing tables to pay for > them. > > > On 1/3/15 6:47 AM, "Montie Talbert" <montoid at earthlink.net> wrote: > >> Agree with both, that really is the issue, I think, with 35mm shooters >> who have been around photography awhile and have collected a boat load >> of lenses. The 1.5 crop factor sensor state of the art seems to be >> otherwise >> sufficient for a lot shooters, including many who make their living at it. >> >> Montie >> >>>> I'm with you, Sonny. As I keep saying, my main reason for wanting to >> upgrade from my M8 to a full-frame digital Leica is so that I can use my >> 50mm lenses as 50s again. I'm waiting for some sense of how the M9-family >> sensor delamination issue shakes out in real life before I make the leap. >> >> --Peter >> >> On Fri, Jan 2, 2015 at 10:16 PM, Sonny Carter <sonc.hegr at gmail.com> >> wrote: >> >>> Everything he says is OK, except for me the issue about "full frame" is >>> that I have this drawerful of lenses designed for that format. >>> >>> I was unhappy using Leica lenses on 4/3, m4/3, and the Leica M8 because >>> (for example) my summicron 35 was no longer the same animal. >>> >>> Don't get me wrong, I was perfectly happy shooting my olympus m4/3 with >>> native lenses; loved the little camera, in fact. Same with the apc >>> Pentax >>> Kr with those great primes. >>> >>> When I swapped the M8 for the M9, I was back home, and now have >>> supplemented that with the A7s, so I'm happily shooting with lenses I >>> haven't used in years. >>> >>> Sorry, don't ask me to test, I just put the lens on the camera and go see >>> what I can do with it, if I like it, you'll get to see it, I promise. >>> >>> >>> Sent from my iPad >>> >>>> On Jan 1, 2015, at 12:54 PM, Montie <montoid at earthlink.net> wrote: >>>> >>>> ;-) >>>> >>>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PHYidejT3KY >>>> >>>> Montie >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > >